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I am me, but only on days when I'm happy. Only on the days where the sun touches my skin and it doesn't burn the areas I'm scarred. 

I am me, but only on the days where I am playing soccer, or i'm running outside-pretending that eventually if I run far enough and for a while that my problems will no longer be there.

I am me, but only when I feel pretty. I do not feel pretty. Senior pictures are better when I don't look at them or my eyes are clouded from crying. 

Sometimes I am me when I feel ugly, but only when someone compliments the droopy eyes and the broken smile I wear.

I am me when I write, because nobody can see the facade while I talk about friends, family, and love. 

I am me when I show love. Sometimes I like to think that the person I am is full of love and isn't heartbroken like I once thought, sometimes I am me when I am filled with love.

Yeah, that's what I like to think, I am me when I am loved, loving, or surrounded by love.

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