thirteen

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          self loathe, the fear of myself, oh,  

I was very, very afraid, lost, and confused. 

 as I swam through alcohol, I beat at the waves like I still cared for life.  what a good actress I was at the unforgiving age of 13.  for I couldn't forgive anybody. I couldn't forgive my peers, I couldn't forgive my father, I couldn't forgive my mother, I couldn't forgive myself for not forgiving others.  I felt the world's numbness putting its frigid hand over my mouth and I screamed, with rebellion in my crazed response and it felt great even though nobody heard me.  i wanted to reject everything as i felt rejected myself, so much so that I started to shed my skin. 

   my body became only an estranged terrain in the mirror, a barrier, a restriction that enclosed around my young, insane soul. and forget the first time I ever felt sexuality; because the only love I had left in my derangement was my purity. 

were we all this delusional (extremely angry, and sad, mostly angry) when we were thirteen? 

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