this is me trying

The honesty is it doesn't fake strength: I messed up, I'm still trying, that's enough. Haven't you had moments of barely holding on, yet getting up each day?

It wears "the effort itself" as a medal. Taylor writes sobriety, saving yourself, starting over — no melodrama, like: me standing here in front of you is a win.

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