Plastic Smiles and Crimson Tears
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  • Reads 120
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  • Parts 7
  • Time <5 mins
Ongoing, First published Apr 21, 2015
. The topics may trigger people so be careful when reading these poems. It deals with self injury, mental health, low self esteem, etc.. 

""But I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. You hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside." Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
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