You were sad because I never told you the three words you wanted to hear, "I love you" never managed to escape my throat, but every time I try to say it somewhere in the middle the words take another form and the vowels change and all the words that come out are never complete. I say : Eat enough food, Get enough rest, Take your medication, Don't hurt yourself, You are strong, You are beautiful, You are important, Do not overthink, you are worthy, You'll get through, they're all I love you's hidden in disguise. I just hope every time I say them, you manage to listen to what I'm trying to say, because I'm trying to tell you I love you, I love you , I love you, just in my own sort of way.
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Poetry"Everyone's playing checkers with their scars, saying checkmate whenever they get out without a broken heart. Just to be clear I don't want to get out without a broken heart. I intend to leave this life so shattered there's gonna have to be a thousa...
