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Teasing 
Teasing 
Teasing
That's what my FRIENDS call it
THEY were just having FUN
and no HARM was INTENDED
But the TRUTH is 
I was
HURT 
ANGRY 
BETRAYED
by these PEOPLE 
of whom I call FRIENDS
that CONSISTANTLY
HURT
MY 
FEELINGS
for the TEASING they CLAIMED was just
HARMLESS
MEANINGLESS
FUN
held a ringing TRUTH
They say their teasing isn't TRUE
but it seems to REFLECT my DARKEST feelings
about MYSELF that they
SHOULD 
NOT 
KNOW
The VOICES of my FRIENDS 
have become the SAME voices
in my HEAD that CALL me
STUPID
UGLY
WORTHLESS
and SOMEHOW 
the voices in my HEAD
and the VOICES of my FRIENDS 
that SAY the 
EXACT
SAME 
THINGS 
are different?
That the VOICES of my FRIENDS 
aren't SINCERE in their TEASING
but it
DOESN'T 
FEEL 
THAT 
WAY
But I LAUGH along with their TEASING
Because they don't MEAN it,
RIGHT?
That since they LAUGH at their own VOICES
that REFLECT my dark FEELINGS
I should not THINK that they BELIEVE those
 DARK 
THOUGHTS 
ARE
 TRUE
If they DO think that I am 
STUPID 
UGLY
WORTHLESS
Then their VOICES are not teasing
THEY
ARE 
BULLYING
and they aren't my FRIENDS
Because FRIENDS should
SUPPORT
COMFORT 
LOVE 
one another
If the DARK voices in YOUR head 
are the SAME voices of your FRIENDS
then they ARE NOT your friends
Surround yourself with those that
SUPPORT 
COMFORT
LOVE 
you because 
YOU 
ARE 
NOT 
WORTHLESS
you DESERVE to be  
SUPPORTED 
COMFORTED
LOVED
for the man that DIED on the TREE 
 did not die for us to HARM one another
He died SO we would
SUPPORT 
COMFORT
LOVE 
one another
just as 
HE
LOVES 
US
so make YOUR VOICE full of 
SUPPORT
COMFORT 
LOVE
because you never KNOW 
if YOUR voice 
is the DARK voice
IN 
SOMEONE 
ELSE
 
 

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