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Why I Do This

October 6, 2011
By Anonymous

I am doing this for you
I do not know you yet
You do not know me
And still, I am doing this for you
Uncleanliness and self-inflicted pain
I am trying to leave

Experience and fun before that special night?
No. It must not happen
I must remember who this is for
Not for me, really
For if it were up to me, pleasure and pain would continue forever
For you
For him
My future
My future with you
I keep myself clean and whole for you
for our future
So I am not spoiled
Why am I doing this?
For you

© Anonymous

The author's comments:
I have vowed to stay pure until my wedding night. Thoughts and sensations, however pleasurable and fun, rob my future. I must keep reminding myself that I am keeping myself pure for him.
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