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How many times can I say I'm fine?

Shadows of past lovers flicker on the ceiling I'm better, but it's still slow healing You know I haven't slept since you left, but hell that's a process But for me, this is progress I've been fraying at our fabric Strung out, lips cracked, from holding back biting on my bottom lip I'll say I'm fine just to shut you up I built my walls to the clouds Because of you, now I crash from windows to broken glass There's gotta be something more for me More to freedom than chasing ghosts I freefall into foreign waters You tore me down, you ripped me in half How many times must we walk this line? How many times can I say I'm fine?

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Paige Hind

Date: 4/29/2025 9:39:00 PM

You are asking something very important. I am wishing you well. This is a beautiful poem, full of so much feeling, deep honesty... <3 hugs

Lin Lane

Date: 4/27/2025 8:16:00 AM

We say it as a cloak to cover what we really feel, but it's never accepted by the one who has hurt us. They feel the need to rid themselves of guilt. We don't have to say it, ever, but until we mean it, we'll keep pulling at those fraying seams, chasing that ghost, and freefalling from windows. Unless we can tear down the walls that we built that keep us locked inside that self-imposed prison. That's when we need to do a little ripping of our own.

Lin Lane
Date: 4/27/2025 11:59:00 AM

I've built that wall and torn it down.

Anonomus Scorpio
Date: 4/27/2025 11:09:00 AM

There is no feeling of which I am more certain, then feeling completely understood.. A.S.