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Admitted Masquerade

Instead of being a corrupted victim, self imposing voluntary blindness, fear of solitude disguised behind shy behaviors or another's condemned etiquette which actually is only a transparent mask foolishly worn atop obvious weakness that you pretended to prevail over so long ago, only to find yourself gasping for even a single breath while you choke on everything you thought you knew already- Now you begin to realize that finding so much unknown in that space you previously thought was quite familiar- terrifies you beyond even your darkest nightmares... perhaps time has arrived to discontinue convincing If only yourself of bravery adorned which in reality you continue to lack, and begin whatever necessary battle is standing in your way to locate strength which fear has kept comatose, while unearned pride was one of many masquerades eluding you to exhibit repeatative failures instead, Regardless if you ever admitted that, even if only to yourself before.

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