Dear SI,
You were my friend once. Well, more correctly, you were my only friend once. I saw you as some form of godly release, and you were the only reason I could ever sleep back then. Then you took the light out of me. And I still feel dark.
It took me years to realize you were no friend of mine. I ended up with broken bones, bruises, scars. Fix the problem by breaking it. It was all a lie. It was almost a competition to see how many times a human can break themselves and put themselves back together. But there comes a time where you get tired of nights alone, gauze, braces, stitches. I have to let my body grow over you.
I haven't returned to you and I plan not to. I am tired of you. I am tired of feeling numb. I'd rather be friendless than have you around ever again.
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“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”.
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