and they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine.

[bodygraffiti]

today just felt really sad. the rain, the grey, hearing someone sing "I've Been Here Before," the fear stinking in the air of the free clinic... I spent my day reading at auditions with Paul Hardt, and then taking some responsibility for myself for once and getting tested for diseases. so far, I don't have HIV, so this is good. now, of course, I'm

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[refusingthelies]

not that I can't be single, not that I can't continue to float from stranger to stranger. I find strangers comforting. the risk would be knowing someone. it's terrifying and tempting. I'm so hungry for it.

i fucking feel you.

Strength and Courage

[joeldoesntwork]

It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.

It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.

It takes strength to fit in.
It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to feel a friend�s pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide your own pains.
It takes courage to show them.

It takes strength to endure abuse.
It takes courage to stop it.

It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on another.

It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.