Plea for Pain

[DepressingPoem]

Slowly down my arm it drips
deeper I cut threatening a scar
Quicker it flows and my head is light
unsure if I’ll make it through the night

Into the sink it now flows quickly now
I pass out and wake the sky dark
Silently reach to clean the wound out
suffering in silence refusing to shout

Stumble to get the medical tape
Gauze rapped with gentle care
then calmer now a baggie then Ice
the numb is okay now the numb is nice

what I cut to escape welcomes me back
the pain fades and I’m left empty again
Keep my hoodie on for a while
greet family and friends with the same fake smile

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it goes on but it gets graphic

to be clear this is a poem only a work of fiction