《eunoia || poems》|twelve|
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"afraid"
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she was a girl who wasn't loved right. nothing hurt her worse than having to live with that.
it destroyed her to exist this way because it wasn't who she is.
she used to have a heart full of love. she used to be so desperate to give others the happiness that she couldn't give herself.
even as things got better, even as she started to notice the good in the world, her fear didn't go away. people tried to reach her heart. people tried to show her that she was more than where she'd been.
but she was too afraid of what would happen if she were to let someone in.
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