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Dear Ani,
Ani ohev at.
Hebrew for "I like you".
I struggle at learning languages,
Illiterate until the end of second grade,
taught myself to read,
taught myself to write.
Dear Mr. Poet,
It has been some time since we last spoke.
I still remember your words of budding integrity:
"To be free
Is to be most present and vulnerable, with mind, body, and deed.
Careful, don't stare.
It isn't you in there.
Don't look at the fatal imperfections,
they aren't really there either.
It's an illusion, its not made
to show you the truth.
Everything you went through,
It is okay,
All the pain, the feeling of being worthless,
It was okay,
Sitting in the dark drowning in your tears,
It is alright,
Hurting yourself to ease out the hurting,
When should i tell you
That the young girl smiling at you across the table
Kissing you between popcorn kernels and movie scenes
Is made of glass
And when she falls for guys, she always cracks
