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Where You Begin

by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

The first time

Is a pin prick

To unstitch

Your skin

To feel yourself

Begin

You search your being

You are it:

Coursing through yourself

The second time

You search inside

A stranger

Behind the corner shop

You find where he begins

Adrenaline!

But come back,

Stinking of rot

Void of thought

To feel what?

What are you searching for?

To begin ag...

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Sunday 22nd November 2020 10:30 am

begin   self   identity   search   seek   adrenaline   risk   find   feel   numb   self destruction   reborn   end   attempt   misunderstood   depression   anxiety   thrill seek   self harm   alcohol   misuse   taboo   stigma   sex

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