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Thin

I stopped loving myself when I invited the chaos back in; that's why I don't know how to love anyone anymore. You can't love someone until you learn to love yourself. That old cliche bullshit...but, isn't there some truth in it? I've made homes out of other people, twisted my roots around until they withered to dust. I have nothing to return to. I have spread myself so thin, given away the parts that made up my foundation. I've given so much that whoever I've become has nothing left to give.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 11/13/2015 9:09:00 AM
Codependent? Sounds like a poetic appeal by someone who knows they should give themselves a break, and also take back control.
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Date: 11/13/2015 10:11:00 AM
Very good insight, Jim, and again, pretty accurate. Thanks for reading!

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