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Tracey Emin

UNBELIEVABLE: Opinion tracey emin my lover saved me from death | History Defined

This week I cried a few times. The first time was strangely unexpected. I was talking to the person I love when something in me snapped and I realised I was thousands of miles away. I wanted them to jump through the screen of my phone and hold me.

I had a desperate desire to be physically loved, to be held to feel safe, to be loved. Held down on this earth and be forever wanted.

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