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user-inactivated  ·  2792 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Will send diverse set of stickers & Hubski magnets for poems

I guess it's important that you know,

That I haven't been here to be liked for a while.

You can like me, like I like me, and others sometimes do

But I don't want you to like me because I was nice to you.

I don't want you to like me because we agree, or disagree,

Or because I make you comfortable, or you can tell me anything.

It is not my lot in life, not who I want to be,

I can stand it, but don't seek it.

It's nothing personal, I'm not a person to you yet.

If I ever were to be, it's mostly an idealized version of me anyway.

I'm a differing opinion, another life lived,

A stranger you can tell a secret to.

So don't worry about it. Just use it for what it is.