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avamailaw09
Member since May 2, 2026
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Am I Me?
Am I who I want to be?
This version of me, where life feels so exhilarating,
Where every living moment feels like mine.
A moment in time where freedom is the only road ahead,
but the echoes of what I’ve carried follow close behind.
Drowning me. Suffocating me. Claiming every part of who I am.
I yearn to be the person I want,
to show that change does not have to come with loss.
But to be the person You want,
You must destroy the person You are.
And to feel like me, to feel pure joy with days that shattered my smile,
I allowed my breath to settle while it ached.
I allowed myself to break…
To be the person You want,
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You must destroy the person You are.
To succeed is to falter a thousand times, until my tired legs can no longer pretend to run.
Will it be I who gives up before my fall?
Before I look myself in the eyes and risk it all.
Will I finally start to feel like me?
To live a life that isn’t all cupcakes and rainbows,
to finally lift the glass that has veiled my sight for far too long.
After all this time, is the person in the mirror even me?
Am I a fraud, who hides behind practiced smiles and laughter laced phrases?
Am I a coward, who can’t bear to gamble for the life I want?
Have I destroyed the person I was to become, me?
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Am I Me?
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I like the write based on emotions
Location: USA
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