Then & Now

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Who was there for me all those years when I had nothing else to believe but the self dragging words they always said.

With my ink stained fingers and bloodshot eyes.

Who was there for me when I needed to change for the better but they said no. "You're perfect the way you are" but why can't you treat me that way?why can't I have any value because of the way I used to look?

Who was there when I razed my skin for the first time when I was 12.

When I kept a bottle of bleach under my bed in case it got worse and I decided to burn my stomach.

And when my body spent hours lying on the cold shower floor contemplating my worth.

I was there for me then, I'm here for me still and nobody's love is gonna change that.

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