He told me, "if you want to cut yourself, then you're going to take my arm, look me in the eyes, and cut as many times as you would yourself." I told him "I couldn't hurt you like that," and then i understood. everything.
- anonymous
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Poetry"human beings are works in progress who mistakenly think they're finished" © taekth 2016
eleven; I can't hurt you like I hurt myself
He told me, "if you want to cut yourself, then you're going to take my arm, look me in the eyes, and cut as many times as you would yourself." I told him "I couldn't hurt you like that," and then i understood. everything.
- anonymous