It's the things we love that we lose first.
It's the things we love that we take for granted.
It's the things we love that we don't take care of.
It's the things we love they tell us to give up.
It's the things we hate that we start to miss.
It's the things we hate that we are drawn to.
It's the things we hate that we learn to love.
It's the things we hate that we don't hate at all.
It's the things they tell us that make us give them up.
It's the things they tell us that drive us to insanity.
It's the things they tell us to lose that we hold onto.
It's the things they tell us to do that makes us feel out of place.
It's the things we can't control that we love.
It's the things we can't have that we want.
It's the things we can't do that we wish for.
It's the things we can't stop that people continue to do.
There is no stopping it.
We lose what we love-
Because they tell us to.
We hate what we miss-
Because they tell us to.
We are driven to insanity-
Because they tell us to.
We have no control; it's up to them.
We've played right into their hands.
There's no escaping, there's no making it go away.
For when we start to push them away,
That's when they start to come back.
~a.k.
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