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a daily dose of teasing parents understand it as character building
does character building come home with tears?
does it come with bruises on your arm?
no making it impossible to escape, fighting for every form of exit
no use the words hurt,they become a reality
the words form scars on their arms
all these hateful words coated as teasing force the pain into a blade cutting your skin
blood flowing relieving the pain you know its a temporary fix
soon the words cut deeper and you look for another fix
the voices in your head going crazy reminding you of all those hateful words, pushing you to end it all
did it have to end like this? no it could have been different instead of using all these labels and hate
they could have saved them, it always comes to should have, could have would have, but you didn't s

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