I took you on a journey of my life.
You didn't know, of course, that I was unlocking a door to my past that has always stayed firmly locked. To you, this was just a walk in the woods.
I didn't narrate every monument and every memory.
'These are the stepping stones I hopped over when I walked home with my childhood best friend.'
'These are the monkey bars where I learned to swing upside down.'
'That's the house I thought witches lived in.'
It's so strange for me to see you running through the trees that watched me grow up, because you're only a part of my life when we're sitting on the desks at school, or watching horror films on your sofa, or laughing under a blanket on my bedroom floor. And you can't see my shaking fingers, because I'm letting you in where I don't let anyone in. You only know Present Me, who worked so hard to hide her past.
I'm showing you now, but all you see are trees.
You didn't know, of course, that I was unlocking a door to my past that has always stayed firmly locked. To you, this was just a walk in the woods.
I didn't narrate every monument and every memory.
'These are the stepping stones I hopped over when I walked home with my childhood best friend.'
'These are the monkey bars where I learned to swing upside down.'
'That's the house I thought witches lived in.'
It's so strange for me to see you running through the trees that watched me grow up, because you're only a part of my life when we're sitting on the desks at school, or watching horror films on your sofa, or laughing under a blanket on my bedroom floor. And you can't see my shaking fingers, because I'm letting you in where I don't let anyone in. You only know Present Me, who worked so hard to hide her past.
I'm showing you now, but all you see are trees.
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