A Woman For The Modern Age
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I have been trying to prove myself to others. But I don't need to anymore.
I have a desire for something that is so much more than what it is right now but each to their own clock. Some of these pieces have been in the works since I started writing as a method of therapy and escapism. And others have been vomited in the past couple of years, when I began to allow myself to halt the exhausting explanations.
Take what resonates and leave what doesn't.
Artwork by Jack Vettriano, "In thoughts of you".
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