freak (UNDER EDITING)

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"Freak." The word is almost as painful to say as it is to hear.

What does it take to be one?

Do you need to be different from everybody around you, constantly sticking out like a sore thumb when inconvenient, but blending in with the darkness when you want to be seen?

Do you need to be fearless, but without a heart at the times when having one matters most?

Do you need to be extremely hotheaded, losing your temper at times only because deep down, you care too much about the people you love?

Do you need to be whacky, zany, and carefree, when really, you're constantly afraid of what's to come?

Do you need to be an outsider, who's nothing like your closest friends who have really become your family, having been dragged into a mess that you have nothing to do with?

"Freak." The word carries many meanings, but one thing's for sure:

It takes one to know one.