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Boundaries
Respect each other’s boundaries.
Stay out of each other’s personal space.
This is what people are supposed to do.
This is what people are supposed to have.
Limits. Borders. Edges.
We are supposed to be maps,
regions outlined and defined,
Clear and distinct and simple,
easy to understand.
But how can I have personal space
when every place is personal,
and every place causes pain?
How can I have safe territory
when I am constantly being conquered
and colonized by things beyond my control,
when there is nothing I can control,
not even my own body?
How can people respect my boundaries
when the entire world is a boundary
that I cannot stand to cross,
when I am a boundary,
and to live is to be violated,
over and over again?
How can I be easy to understand
when I cannot even understand myself?
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