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Thank You To the Ones Who Carried Me Here

thank you to the ones who carried me here
the ones that became my parents when my parents couldn’t hear me
the ones who took in that little girl and saved her 
the ones who became her friends when the ones she had made her feel like who she was was wrong
the ones who defended this body and kept us safe
the ones who protected us and took care of the hard things
the ones who led us to a future and gave us time to realize that we could have one

thank you to the ones who held me and thank you to the ones that let me hold them
thank you to the ones that let me in
and thank you to the ones that pushed me away

thank you to the ones that forgot and thank you to the ones that made me remember
thank you to the ones that helped me forget when it felt like my every cell was splitting and like my brain was oozing out of my ears
when my heart was pounding so fast and so loud that i thought it would break
when part of me wished that it would 

thank you to the skin that i destroyed
thank you for repairing what i broke even when there was barely enough strength to keep our lungs pumping 
thank you to the stomach that did its best to keep down food and water
thank you to the nerves that signaled when something was seriously wrong and we needed help
thank you to the legs that kept walking 
to the arms that kept lifting
to the hair that kept growing
to the mouth that kept talking 
to the ears that kept listening 
to the brain that kept thinking
to the heart that kept loving 

thank you for not letting us go
even when it felt like the world did

thank you to the ones who carried me here
and thank you to the ones that showed me a reason to stay

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