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               At sixteen, I found myself. I realized           edge of it. And I saw the world from

               that  I  stood  out.  I  found  myself           up above. One last time. And I took
               unique.  But  my  feelings  weren't              a  deep  breath,  mummy,  just  like
               accepted. Because liking another girl            you'd said. But I took a deep breath

               was  disgusting  for  them.  But  they           to  stop  breathing  forever.  My  feet
               forgot  that  they  were  no  one  to            left the surface beneath me to go and
               decide  whom  I  should  love  and               live with the stars. To finally  make
               whom  I  should  not.  They  were  no            my dream come true. But as soon as
               one to decide who I should be when               I  felt  the  rush,  I  realized  what  a

               God created me to be anyone. That                terrible mistake I'd made.
               day,  you  disowned  me,  mummy.
               And  Father  kicked  me  out  of  the            Breathe. Just breathe and everything

               house. He sold me to men to get rid              will  be  okay.  Because  as  long  as
               of  this  "illegal"  feeling  I  had.  But       you're breathing, you're on. Isn't that
               you  told  me  to  keep  one  thing  in          what  you  always  told  me,  mummy.
               mind. Breathe.                                   But  now  I  know  that  you  were
                                                                wrong.  You  were  always  wrong.  I

               I  gave  pleasure  to  men,  satisfying          had  to  be  courageous,  something
               them. But no one asked me if I was               you'd  never  taught  me.  I  could
               hurting  from  within.  If  I  was               probably set things right for myself.

               breaking piece by piece. But I kept              I  could've  seen  a  better  tomorrow.
               your        advice         in       mind,        But know that I never had a mother.
               mummy. Breathe.  Because  that's                 So  I  looked  at  the  world  as  one.
               how life goes on. That's how things              Someone  who  could  give  me  faith.
               work.                                            But you, yes you, reading this at the

                                                                moment. You just told me to breathe
               After  my  twenty  first  birthday,  I           and  be  cooperative.  Because  that's
               decided that I was ready to do what I            how things work in this world, isn't

               longed to do for two years. I looked             it?  Instead  of  celebrating  each
               into  the  mirror  and  saw  a  stranger         other's differences, you want them to
               looking back at me, her eyes hollow              be like you. Because it‟s easier that
               and glassy, and dark patches beneath             way, right? But you, a victim of our
               them.  I  didn't  know  I  would                 heartless society, kept quiet about it

               transform  into  this, mummy.  A  girl           instead  of  being  a  voice.  Together,
               covering  herself  head  to  toe  when           we  could  have  implanted  humanity
               she  got  the  chance  to,  to  hide  her        in  people,  but  you  chose  to  ignore

               life-long scars, her shame. I went to            this. But you still have a chance. Get
               the terrace, mummy, and stood at the             together and love all. Accept all. Do



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