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Today I filled the bathtub

and put my head under.

I just laid there, thinking

about life, and death,

and the in-between,

and the after.

Looking up through the salty water

at the blurry figures

at the end of my vision.

They showed me who I really was

but I could not see me.

They pointed to the ţ̶̶̛͟͞͡͠҉̷̸̨́͜͟͢҉̢͠͡͞͏̴̷̵̡̢̡̨͜͜͢͠͠͏̵̷̨̢̧̡́́́́́͢͟͡͡h̶̨̢̛̀̕͢͜͜҉̴̴̸̴̧̨̀́̀̀́͢͝͞͠į̴̸̷̸̷̷̷̢̡̨̡̧̢̛̛̛̀́̀̀̕͟͟͜͢͞͝͡͏̷̴̡̨̨̢̡̨̨̧̛́̀̀́́̀͘̕͜͟͜͝͞͞͠͝͏̴̛͜͡҉̷̸̸̵̨̡̡̢́̕͜͢͢͡͝ņ̸̕҉̵̡̡͜͜͝͠͝҉͟҉̴̴̸̷̢̡̛̛̀͘̕͘͢͟͞͡͠҉̶̨̨̧̛̕͟҉̸̡̡̛̕͟͟͞͠͠͏͜҉̡͠g͏̶͢͝͏̷̷̢̨̀͜͡͞͏̵̴̨̢̢̨̡̛̛́̀͜͢͜͜͝͠҉̸̸̡́͟͠ś̷̴̡̢̧͝͏̀͟҉̡҉͡ on my hands

and said that I must wear them down

before I could join them.

They told me to be ḿ̶̶̵̨̧̡̡̛̕҉͠҉̶̷̶́͢͝m̶̶̡̕҉̶̶̷̡̢͢҉̶͝͏̵̕͢͢͏̸͟҉͟͞͏̡҉̵́͠҉̵̴̵̴̵̷̷̴̴̶̴̴̡̡̡̡̛́́́̀́̀̕̕͜͢͠͞͝҉̵̨̀̕͜͜͢͞͡͝͏̷̵̧̨̡́̀́̀͢͢͟͜͟͟͡͡͝͡͝͡ì̶̶̡̡̨̛̕̕͘͢͠͡҉̶̶̴̵̴̸̵̧̧̧̢̀͘̕͜͜͢͜͟͢͠͠͝͝͡͞҉͟͞͏̸̛҉͜͝͠͏̢́̀͢͝͏̨̧̡̧̡̢̛́͢͞͠҉҉̨́̀͞͏̷̴̕͘͜͞͡n͏̷̷̵̴̶̵̶̵̶̡̡̨̛̕͟͜͢͟͢͡͏̡͘͡͞҉̵͟͝͞҉̨͢͢͢͜͠͠͠͏̨͜͝͏̴͞͏̧͢҉̴̵̶d̴̸̷̸̶̷̵̷̷̶̢̧̨̡̨̢̧̨̨̛́͘͘͟͢͟͜͟͝͞͝͠͡҉̴̵̨̨̧̛̀̕͘̕͘̕̕͘͡͡͠҉̶̷̸̶̷̴̢̡̛҉̷̵̸̷̧̢́̕̕͢͜͞͝͡͞҉̶̵̶̧̡̧̧̢̕͢͝͡f̧҉̶̡́u̶̵̢̧̕͢͠͡͏̶̴̵̧̨̨̢̨̛̀́͜͝͞͞͡͝ļ̷̷͝҉̵͟͡ 

and to remember that it is okay to fail

and that ẁ̸̶̴̷̵̛́͝͞͝͏h̷̶̶̶̴̷̴̵̵̶̶̵̵̴̷̶̶̸̸̷̢̢̧̢̢̧̢̧̢̡̧̧̛̛̛̛̛́̀́̀̀́̀̕̕͜͢͟͜͢͟͞͝͠͠͠͝͡͞͠͠͡ą̴̷̸͘͟͝͏͘҉̶̵̴̴̧̀͟͢͝͝͝҉̵̷̸̴̶̶̨̢͘͘͢͞͝͝͡͝҉̸̶̢̢̛́̀̕͟͜͡͠͡҉̵̶̀̀̕͘͟͟͟͡͞҉̶̷̸̡̀̀́͞͝҉̷̷̛̛̕͟͜͟͜͞͞ţ̵̵̛́͟͢҉̷̶̛̛́͘͜͜͞ ̸̶̷̵̴̴̸̴̡̡̨̢̨̧̛̀́́̀́͘̕͘͘͟͟͢͢͢͟͢͡͠͠͞͝҉̸̸̷̧̢̢̛̛̛͢͜͢͜͜͜͢͜͠͠͡͝͠͞҉̵̀́͡͏́̕͢͜͡҉̶͠h̶̵̵̨̨̡̛̀͘̕̕͢͟͡͠͠͡͝͝a̵̷̷̷҉̡̧̀͜͡͡p̵̸̸̨͏̶̴̡̧̢̡́́́̕͟͟͝҉̸͡͏͝͏̸̨̨̢̨̀̀͟͜͠͞ṕ͞҉̢͞͏̸̢̛́́͜͝͝͝e͏҉҉͢͏̶̵̶̡̧̛͜͟͞͞͞͡͡͡ń̢̀̀̕̕͢҉̶̷̵̷̸̸̴̨̡̧̛́͞è̸̢̢̛̀̕͟͢͜͞d͏̧̧̨̧̛̀́҉̴̷̵̷̸̷̶̧̕͝͡͡҉͏̵̸̴̵̢̡̛̛̀̕̕͟͜͡ was not my fault

and that everything would turn out a̴͟͏͠҉҉̷͏̶̵̵̧̛̛̛͞͡͠͝͏̸̷̢̡̨̢̡̛́́͘͟͟͢͡͠҉̡̢̛́̀̀͟͟͜͏̨̀͘̕ś̨͜ ̸̵̴̸̢̧̢̧́̕͘͜͠͞͠͡͏̵̨̨̛̕̕͟͠͏̸̧̛̕̕͘͜͠͏̴̨̡̧̕͡t̸̶̶̢̛͘͟͢҉̵̀͟͝͡͡͏͏̴͠͞͏͠͏̸̸̛̀́͢͡͝͠͞͠͏̸̸̸̛́̀́͢͜͟͠͞҉̷̷̵̨͢͟͜h̡̛҉̴̴̧̡̛̛̀̀̀͜͟͜͢͟͡͞͏҉̸͟͜è̷̷̴̷̢̡̡̀̕͘͢͢͢͡͡͝y҉̴̴̸̢̨̛͘͢͜͡͠͝͠҉̨̛̀̕ ́͠҉̧̛̕͡͞͏̷̵̷̧̡̧̧̛͢͜͟͟͢͡͡͝͝͡ẁ̷́̕͟͜҉͏̷̵̢̢́҉̵̶̷̶̢̨̧̧̨̢̛́͟͜͡͠͝͝͏͘i҉̶͢҉̧͝l̵̢̛̕͏̨̀͠҉̸̸̶̴̨̀́́̀́͠҉̷̷̸̸̸̵̡̢̨̨̧̧̡̨̧̛̀̀̕̕͟͢͢͢͟͡͞͡͡͡͡͡ĺ̶̷̷̴̶̷̴̸̢̡̡̡̧̧̨̡̧̡̧̧̨̛̛̕̕͟͟͡͝͞͡҉̵̸̵̧̢̨̕͟͟͞͞͡͏̧͢͟͏̡̧̛͜͟͢͜͞͡͝҉̨́͏̵̷̸̶̧̧̢̛́̀́͘̕͟͏͘͠͡҉̴̀̕̕͢͏̴̢̢̢̛͜͟͟͝͞͞͞ ̵̶̵̸̢̢̨̛́̀͠͏̴̴̧͏̸̧̛͏̡͘͘͢͟į̴̵̶̧͝t̡͝҉̡̀͠ ̴̶̴̴̢̨̢̨̛́̀̀̕̕͘̕̕͢͟͢͝͞͝͠͞͏̵̡̢̢́́͘̕͜͞҉͏̶̴̵̧̢́͘͝͞͡͠҉̛́͏t̛͢͏͏̵͜͡҉̸̛̀҉͟͞͏̸̸̷̨̨̛͘͘͝͏̷͟҉͢҉̢͏̵̴̷̵̸̨̧̢̢̢̡̛̕̕͢͢͢͢͞͡͠͏̴̸̡͘̕͜͟͟͟͜҉o̷̴̴̢͘͟͡͏̨̀͟͠͏̶̴̵̕͢͟͞҉͡҉̶̶̶̧́́̀̕͘̕͢͟͟͜͜͞͠͝͡.

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