The Real Me
as the sun fades and the moon rises i show the real me the thing i have been hiding inside the tears and pain the guilt and shame i pull the bottle out and…
Pain
The recipe is simple. A sour friendship, a torn heart. Heavy bleeding. The only way to staunch the flow is to compress the heart. The heart solidifies, now a…
Playing Catch Up.
I grab the metal object sitting beside me too quickly, I couldn’t wait any longer. I nicked my finger picking it up, a dapple of red bubbles out of my skin…
Paper
I have too many paper chain friends. I can set a match to one and watch the flame lick up each in succession before I can even blink. I can’t miss paper…
Belie
This is pain as well, but it’s sharp, vivid; a momentary relief. Everything else fades to a buzz in the back of my head as I deal with the coppery tang, the…
Four.
One. Two. Three. Four. Four painstakingly carved letters, each red and swollen, stand on my arms. I was hoping this would help me cry, but as usual, I am…
U + Ur Hand
I sat there dumbfounded while Charlotte calmly got up and walked over to her sink to wash off the blood from her arms. I looked at some of the ripped sketches…
Vision
I can see it in my head what my body wants to inflict the pain to erase everything else it wants to see blood running down my arm as i cry myself to sleep…
Overflow
The emotions are building and the wall is holding strong but i can feel it giving with each new thing thats piled on no matter what i do or say if the emotions…
nagging
Can you hear that nagging in the back of my mind telling me to do it again and again to take the metal blade and push it down it will hurt i will cry but it…