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the rest.

one day, you’ll realize that you are no one’s child. even if you were, even if for just five minutes, you are that child no longer. it’s over now. this is when you know you are safe from ruining love. and that is no small thing, as it’s happened before.

you should know that the only absolute obligation on this earth is that you parent yourself. even if your parents didn’t parent you. especially if your parents didn’t parent you. this responsibility is magnitudes greater than that of any parent. for example: a parent may abandon you; you may not abandon yourself. a parent does not owe you their happiness; the only person that owes you their personal happiness is you.

this is when you meet yourself: the real you, no longer a child, now the willing adult. the new you has come online. she exists only because your younger parts were howling so loud that it woke her up. she remembers now why she came. it was to put all these girls to sleep for the last time. they are tired now, and need a rest.