A Different Way (MAJOR TW for self-injury)



I brace myself
For the oncoming pain.
I hear the many rips
Of my hair yanking out,
One by one.
I stare for a moment
At the bunch of hair
In my hand,
My eyes watering from
The expected pain.
I feel the throbbing
Of my head,
Deprived of some hair.
My head now aches
And throbs;
The top of my head is now
Raw from the forceful yanking.
I hide my now-detached hair
In a clump of tissues,
Hoping no one will notice
So I can dispose
Of the evidence,
So no one would know
That I have
Ripped out my hair.
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on April 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIBJKGLCMJGNOPQRSG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 504
Words 122
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25

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