Living With Both (MAJOR TW for self-injury)



I cut
Because my depression
Tells me to
In order to balance out
My internal pain,
But as soon as the
Blood appears
I start to panic,
Freaking out
And wanting the blood to
Stop flowing.
The newly opened cuts
Sting for days,
But they’re permanently
There on my skin.
I wish so much
I could live my life
Without needing to cut.
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on April 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHDCIJKLMNOA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 333
Words 75
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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