@VoluntaryJapan 13 January 2022 edited more from that month

Dealing With a Damaged Person You have no shape but you're not beautiful like water you're definitely soft but in the same sense as a tumor You feed on the honest because they've presented themselves directly You prefer the shadows, and a projector playing reel after reel of everything you know yourself to be but are too terrified to admit for fear that you would break down in total self-loathing hatred, and rejection. In a way, I almost feel sorry for you. But in the same way that my empathy is mitigated for the thrashing viper caught in a machine trying to strike those who would save it — I give up. The only way to save myself is to recognize there is no hope when it comes to you.