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Codependency
I.
I didn’t believe in myself
so I put all my faith in them.
I was lost
so I clung onto them like a sailor holds his compass.
I felt small and insignificant
so I gave them the heaviest of all values.
I was scared
so I took their empty words as comfort.
I was hopeless
so I hoped they would fix me
though I knew they could not.
I didn’t love myself.
Ever.
So I loved them.
Always.
II.
They pushed me
so I pushed myself until I stopped breathing.
They put me down
so I dove headfirst into the quicksand.
They ignored me
so I tried not to exist.
They poured salt into my open wounds
so I created new ones.
At last I realized they were destroying me
so I began to create myself.
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