I am afraid. I am not solid, but hollow. I feel behind my eyes a numb,…

Sylvia Plath
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I am afraid. I am not solid, but hollow. I feel behind my eyes a numb, paralyzed cavern, a pit of hell, a mimicking nothingness. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.60, Anchor
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I am afraid. I am not solid, but hollow. I feel behind my eyes a numb, paralyzed cavern, a pit of hell, a mimicking nothingness. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.60, Anchor

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