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Created on: October 21, 2009
He reminds me of you. Aggressive and vain. You taught him to act like that. How to beat on me and torment me and harass me, until theres nothing left to do accept pretend it happens all the time. Well it doesn't. Its not supposed to. Nobody deserves to live in the fear that you laid over me, day to day. Now he thinks its ok... And its not. Its not supposed to be. When he hits me, or hits her, it reminds me of you, and nobody but yourself has created that sickening reminder. You took a peice of me, of my dignity. Of my rights... And I hate you for that. I hate you for that. I am finally far away from you and your snake like ways. Your childish games and your monstrous grip- But i will never be the same as i was, before you ran away with my innocence. I hate you for that. I hate you for that.
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