Cold hard blade, warm soft skin
Combine the two, the cleansing begins
Others don't get it, reasons they demand
For my bloody tears, so hard to understand
After I bleed, it is my learned belief
My self is calm, I have found relief
I am nothing like my outside shows
I am pain, that my inside knows
All about me is fake, I am forever acting
Body and soul pay the price
Scarring toll I am exacting.
The pain inside cannot be seen
Unseen, therefore un-real
Red hot burning strokes
Pain, anguish, all unreal
Red-hot tears flowing down my arms.
The pain un-real, suddenly becomes real
Surroundings become clear
Fear flows freely
Breath in, breath out
Pull yourself together girl
Roll down your sleeves and get on with life.
The pain inside can now be seen
It’s a cycle so vicious no-one ever wins
It starts with self hate
And ends up so much worse.
It's an addiction, so hard to break
I started it to escape
From the world and all the realities.
After not too long I started looking for a way out
From the tool I used to escape.
It’s an addiction, so hard to break
It may not be the most ideal way of coping with life
But at the time it was all I could get.
I grasped it with both hands
But when I wanted to let go
It had over me a strong hold
With almost no way out.
It’s an addiction, so hard to break
Pale white skin;
Thin lines of scarlet.
The razor only can release the pressure,
Focus the pain,
Calm the raging forces.
Old lines are pink
Some ticked with stitches;
They linger as ghosts,
Passage of old pain,
Proof of old pressure.
Others stare frankly,
Nudge, and poke,
Reach out, and touch,
"Why? Why?"
No pain in their experience
So deep,
No pressure so intense.
Blind hearts ask, "Why? Why?"
No answer.
My razorblade,
my best friend.
You make me bleed
to ease my pain.
You keep me alive
when there is no hope.
My best friend,
thank you for you are
the reason I am alive.
Father forgive me for I have sinned
I enter into confession with impurity
My transgression is already visible
By the scars on my arms
Father forgive me
For I have betrayed my faith in You
I have destroyed Your Temple
I need help to raise it up
Father break me
Recast the mold
Resurrect a new me
Like Lazarus
Father forgive me
I have lost sight in Your providence
I have questioned Your protection
I have failed to understand Your judgments
Father destroy me
Cleanse my unclean self
Bring beauty out of the ashes
Bring good from the suffering
Father forgive me
I know not what I do
Receive my offering of sacrifice
My bloody wrists is all I have to offer for penance
I feel my demons coming
they are screaming deep inside
as they try to rip my soul apart
there is no place I can hide.
Coming with destructive thoughts
they are filling up my head
whispering pain into my ears
I might as well be dead.
So I go into my lonely room
I just can't fight anymore
all the rage and self-hate
I just can't seem to ignore.
Here I scream and sit in silence
so many tears flood my eyes
needing to release my inner torment
needing someone to hear my cries.
I grab the matches & a candle
as I turn off all the lights
I watch the razor cut me slowly
it's going to be another bloody night.
Too many thoughts inside my head
I no longer want to feel
as I cut my arm wide open
the outer pain is no big deal.
The blood is warm & flowing
I feel no fear or alarm
just a feeling of great relief
as my inner pain flows down my arm.
As I start feeling better
as my tears begin to dry
knowing that I've paid the price
Now I don't have to die.
People don't really understand
so I cannot tell a soul
That I have just climbed out of
my dark and private hell hole.
So I hide the cuts, put on a smile,
& tell everyone...I'm ok
Because they don't want to hear my reality
"I'm ok"...that's what they want me to say.
Some don't want to deal with
the awful truth I tell
they don't want to know the facts
about my private living hell.
I can't really blame them
from running away from me
so I just accept the way it is
I walk away and let them be.
So...I keep my demons & memories
locked way down deep inside
until they rise up again
where I can no longer hide.
I know my demons will return
bringing up all my pain
then I'll turn to my bloody razor
and do this whole damn thing again.
There are more but I thought this post was long enough already. whatever you wanna say, feel free.![]()
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