on fire

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They say I am broken,
That he tore me apart.
That I can piece myself back together,
But how do I know if this broke me,
If I don't know what it feels like to be whole?
How can they say the pain was lit like a flame,
When I have been on fire and slowly burning to ashes my whole life?

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