To the person i am today:

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i promise i will start loving you again.
i just need to remember how it feels to be proud of you,
to look in the mirror and be in awe of you.
i just need to remember what it was like before i told you, you weren't good enough.
Before I told you that everyone you've laid your eyes on was so much better.
i buried you alive, piling doubt and self loathing onto your body like soil,
Filling your head with the words that came out of everyone's mouth,
so only i can bring you back to life.
only I can save your burned out flame.
(and i will, i promise.)

(S.L)

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