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Avoidance is like dodging bullets, but doing so for twenty-one years is worse than taking the hit[00:09.75]A shot in the dark can be a shot right to the heart if aimed correctly[00:13.28]Years of torturous mental acrobatics, falling in[00:18.22]And out of love with friends and people that could have been more[00:24.03]Self-discovery can be self-sabotage if the unknown land has been pushed aside for too long[00:28.94]A painful stint of push and pull[00:31.53]A laborious chore of breath, after breath, after breath[00:35.66]A dark room with endless ceilings but the walls close in fast[00:39.40]A hospital bed, a burning body, an unrequited crush, and an awful lifestyle[00:44.80]Things that felt good in the moment but burned me later[00:47.90]Painful endings to joyous stories[00:49.83]Something I'm all too familiar with[00:51.90]A painful start to this beautiful story[00:54.10]It all led me to where I am now[00:56.37]Here[00:57.37]Living[00:58.39]I made it[00:59.75]This is xxi