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BRUISED NOT BROKEN: MY PURPLE HEART
<p>In my last piece, I spoke about my purple heart. </p><p>Yeah, the one not broken, but a bit scarred. </p><p>I didn’t really know what I wanted: for it to be unscathed or masked.</p><p></p><p>I guess the answer is none. </p><p>I guess the question’s wrong. </p><p>I guess I don’t know what I want.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it doesn’t matter what I want, but what I need. </p><p>Maybe it doesn’t matter if it’s scarred, but still beats. </p><p>Maybe I… Maybe… It…</p><p></p><p>I guess I’ve run out of hue to paint the bigger picture here. </p><p>I’m used to running away from my fears. </p><p>It was such a big deal when I had to face one; the biggest of them all: look at what I’ve become in the mirror. </p><p>I got scared, and I left. </p><p>No surprise there, I guess.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I was scared of what I would find, </p><p>or rather, what I wouldn’t. </p><p>Was it right that I left? </p><p>Honestly…? </p><p>I don’t know.</p><p></p><p>What if what doesn’t kill you maims you for life? </p><p>What if what doesn’t make you bleed makes you bleed tears from your eyes? </p><p>What if running away was the only way I knew how to stay alive?</p><p></p><p>What if staying quiet was louder than any scream I had? </p><p>What if the mirror showed me someone I never agreed to become? </p><p>What if healing looks like breaking first? </p><p>What if I’m still waiting for permission to be okay?</p><p>What if...?</p><p></p><p>Phew… What a relief.</p><p></p><p></p>
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