No one comes out of this life unscathed,
eventually something will hurt you.
Cuts can be annoying, or frustrating like a paper cut.
Insults can be sharp; sometimes we unintentionally cut people with how we interact with them.
Cuts are sharp, they can be instant, slow, or relentless.
They can get infected if left untreated, and left to fester.
Memories can cut, what someone said, or what someone did, or something even you did that makes you flinch.
Cuts can be necessary to rid yourself from something malignant.
Friendships or relationships sometimes need to be cut off in order to protect yourself, or let yourself grow.
Have you ever broken something you weren’t supposed to?
Being forced to find a way to fix or replace it before

someone finds out.
Breaks can happen suddenly, without warning.
A force hit with such momentum that can cause something to be out of place, crack, or even shatter.
Breaks can take a long time to mend and heal, if it ever gets the chance to even get there.
Sometimes a break can be completely debilitating.
It can sever, shatter; being unable to heal.
Breaks can force us to withdraw, even when we don’t want to.
Sometimes things need to be broken;
systems that do more harm than good,
or just bad habits.
Pain from cuts and breaks can be both emotional, and physical.
Breaks and cuts remind us that we are human.

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