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