You were born to matter

Self-loathing.

Clipping your wings

to give others flights.

Boundig shackles on your feet

to set others free.

Breaking yourself

to make others whole.

Pushing others away

to protet them from your own suffering.

Darling,

it is at times like this

where you must take hold of your

discarded life

and rebuild your foundation.

You matter.

You were born to matter.

You have always mattered.

So why think otherwise?

— An anonymous escape from life

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Art by Andrea Hrnjak