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Read More"what doesn't kill you...makes you stronger"or so they say it might be truebut I'll tell you what I thinkit sounds like an abuser's excuseas usual...shifting the blame...to you ya know what else it creates?scars that never healfears that never weakentriggers unseen...sneaking...
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The world is definitely not a welcoming place these days. I find myself retreating further from it every day. Thank you, Brenda 🧡
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POWERFUL AND POIGNANT.
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Thank you!
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That phrase neglects something; It hides the trauma that stirred the mantra to be uttered. It doesn’t really make you stronger. It makes you “on guard”.
Your words ring true, Willow. Let it out and stand proud of it.-
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It’s reminiscent of “suck it up, buttercup” to me. They do the abusing & then try to say they’re doing us a favor by “toughening” us up. Scar tissue is just as sensitive…just that nothing grows there anymore. Thank you, Styxian
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Into the book it belongs! Mic Drop, Willow. I got goosebumps! Appreciate you.
Damian
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I’ve been much in my head of late. Kinda dark place in the world these days. My own demons are at least familiar. Thank you, my friend
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Mic drop!! felt this too deeply love..
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Why are there so damn many of us? And the number just keeps going up. Thank you
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Like the joker said “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stranger”. I think that’s a bit more accurate haha.
Great ink.
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I like that one! It does that, for sure. Thank you, my friend
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Amazing work, Willow. I find myself blushing and cursing myself for never looking at that slogan from this point of view. I gave no thought of that phrase being anything more than absurd for its stupidity. Not that I never knew the pain — or felt it from my father’s hand, or saw it when my mother lay upon the floor with one leg jutting outward at an odd angle. I think I preferred to ignore it, not from shame or ignorance, but because the pain is still there, buried deep within my mind, still sticking in the knife. Thank you for this.
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This is why I write. Because those images haunt. And everyday nonsensical phrases take on different weight when you look at them from the other side. I can never not be fractured. I’m a complete kaleidoscope but if I can draw light to bits and pieces, make people see differently, than maybe someone else won’t experience it later that day. Or they might recognize the truth in what is being said and know they’re not alone in feeling it. We don’t change the world in leaps and bounds, we change it in moments and inches. But it does change. Thank you, FlatDaddy
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Read Moresalacious moment opens to meinviting me to playsecrets whispered entertainthoughts of lust metaphors for the braintittilating in their presentationdesire grows and passion groansit is the darkest magic I knowseducing the elementsbringing the windsmy beauty covered by the starsshimmering in...
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Deeply lusty hues and shades. A feeling arises at reading; languidlust
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hello dearest Jim good evening thank you graciously for the love on this ❤️
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Passionately penned, Brenda. Amazing write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Sorrowfully beautiful. Truly artistry in language that flows all the way until the end. You have a talent with words that is exquisite even in its sorrow. Fine art here, my friend.
John
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hello dearest John bittersweet is love in my view thank you for the love on this ❤️
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Never got to read your writing….just couldn’t get past the image of that stunning woman you provided….lol
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hello dearest Benny yes she is stunning I was looking for a more mature woman to go with the poem thank you for your response I spend a lot of time for the right images ❤️
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Lovely, Brenda. Better to let go sometimes. Lovely!
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thank you graciously dearest Daniel I never really let go though ❤️
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No one wants to be the one to say hi first. Everyone thinks that the other person has a hidden agenda. This is an interesting outlook. Never wanted to be a boss. You know I talked with people in charge and some said that they felt the same way.
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I try to tell myself that those thoughts are just delusions. But the mind does play tricks.
Thanks for the read friend.
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Powerfully penned, Nick. It’s a different world out there, dig this write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Different and strange.
Thanks for the read friend.
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Seems like there’s a mass apathy sweeping the human race these days. Smile & get blank eyes. Or a frown. It’s rather disheartening…I find myself becoming more reclusive everyday. Not a good thing either, but at least alone explains the silence. Great reflection
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Honestly I wish I could just lock myself in my house. I get so tried of people. It has become a hostile world.
Thanks for the read friend.
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Read MoreI once knew a girl so uglyshe had the boys eating out of her handselling them on views and likeslike a used car salesmanhad them believing she would be theirsbut she never truly cared I once knew a girl so...
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That saying that people will show you who they truly are is not a lie.
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Many people change and not always for the better.
Thanks for the read friend.
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Powerfully penned, Nick. I’ve met people like this, Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Met a few myself.
Thanks for the read friend.
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hello beautiful Willow it seems we are on similar wavelengths as of late the world has made me cautious and fear overtakes… great write you are not alone ❤️