"why "

"you hurt me "

" I hurt you? "

"yes and I hurt you back ".

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" look at me, look where I'm at "

"you put yourself here "

" I think I'd remember chaining myself to these walls, the shackles, they break my skin continuously, everyday, it stings, its pain"

" stop and listen to yourself, breathe in "

" you know I can barely breathe, you know there's a weight on my chest you do "

"you did that to yourself "

"stop saying that! "


"what? the truth? "

"it's not, it's not! I've been leaving like this all my life, the pain comes and goes but I'm continuously bound to these shackles and it hurts! it does! "

"breathe "

"are you not listening to me? you know I can't!"

"now whose fault is that? "

"definitely not mine "

"you're not ready "

"ready for what!?! wait, wait don't leave, if you do I have to focus on the pain "

" you did this to yourself "

"you keep saying that but I don't know what you mean! they put me here! my bestfriend put me here when she stole my husband! my mother put me here when she pushed me into an arranged marriage! my brother put me here when he cheated me out of our business! my colleagues put me here when they tallked me down, ganged up against me and got me demoted at work! you put me here when you told me it was okay to trust them! when you told me the people I love wouldn't hurt me! you put me here when you let me lean on them! when you made me believe they were perfect! you! them! you all did this to me!

"your shackles, they just got tighter "

"I know, I felt it "

"now what does that tell you? "

"don't play mind games with me "

"I'm not, I'm trying to help you, so breathe "

"if you say that one more time I sw-"

"do you ever wonder why you're still bound, why it's still so hard to breathe? "

" what are you talking about? "

"when all these people did these things to you, what did you turn too? "

"sadness "

"yes I know other than that "

"anger "

"yes and that anger became what?"

"revenge "

"exactly, you wanted to hurt them "

"the same way they hurt me "

"and you did "

"why was that your option?"

"I was hurt, I just wanted the pain to stop, I thought hurting them, making them feel everything they made me feel would make me feel better, would let me breathe "

"so you ended up doing horrible things to them, you hurt them, just like they did you "

"yes "

"so why are...