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Bonded by blood, and distanced by time, we exist in the same space, but remain isolated in our distinctive paradigms.  It feels as though to you, I am the nonconformity of my thought, the rebelliousness of my behavior, the progressiveness of my beliefs, and the ink-etched badges of honor, I wear on my ever-flawed, imperfect body…  To you, I am a wild rose bush, in need of trimming, with far too many thorns, preventing me from deserving love- at least the gentle kind.
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