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Inspiration line #4 - I Can't Believe I Thought That once when I was much younger I was living with a boyfriend the promise between us began like a delicate flower laughter and love the music of our souls he treated me so nicely saying "I love you" all the time but things changed and now I hold memories like scars on the roadmap of my life he became so cruel and insulting like a lion licking his lips demeaning me all the time in how I looked what I said . . . what I thought he was rough and had cold mean eyes I feared him and my very life and I felt trapped he told me that I was stupid and to shut up told me I was ugly and useless nobody could ever love me and I was worthless my heart hung heavily he convinced me that all these things were true I walked with my head down believing his words could not look at people . . . could only mutter until, one day I felt a spark beginning within me that became a raging fire burning bright and I had found my courage . . . I waited for him to go out one night then, ran out into the rain with no direction with the clothes I was wearing no where to go but I was free from him and I smiled I spent that night in a 24 hour coffee shop and in the morning I recall thinking I can't believe I thought that . . . all that garbage I felt like a hummingbird hovering in harmony well, I climbed out of that hole got my voice and confidence back put together an amazing life found a man who actually loved me for who I am (he had to leave for heaven but is waiting by that gate beyond the clouds) and now, today, in this moment . . . I know exactly who I am
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