June 21, 2006
Hiding Under My Scars
Perfect scars lacing my skin
The broken words reside within
My mending heart and hurt reflection
That heals slowly and lacks direction
My love is strong beyond my words
I won't tell you in case it hurts
My hands made real the feelings felt
They cut my skin and blood would melt
Between my fingers shaking madly
As tears fell to the words so sadly
Carved into my leg; fresh letters
Wishes of a life much better
Maybe someday they will heal
But till then they are there and real
And they remind me of mistakes
That everybody sometimes makes
But made me helpless to myself
And put me on my own back shelf...
Author notes
From a long time ago, when I was very depressed and cut myself a lot.... I still refuse to wear shorts because the word "unloved" is very clearly cut into my right leg just above the knee. Until all my scars heal this poem and the past it represents will haunt me.
Option 1
A contest entry
- I AM CUT by darkalesyse.
650 points, ended April 9, 2008, 30 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - just want sad poems(read description) by SaviDropKick.Oi..
300 points, ended May 7, 2008, 34 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Hope you enjoyed my insanity :)
Comments
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Truly a blast! Well.... a sort of death-day party blast..... if you've ever read the Harry Potter series you would understand =P. But, cutting is something that I think, if someone is to write about it, it better be good! I'm sorry.... I know you should just be able to pour out your emotions and all that jazz.... but as someone I know once told me, "It belittles pain!" In referance to you attention whores out there. Well Kelly, you have truly written a GOOD poem about something that is so written about.... it's almost not fun to write about it anymore =/. But when you write like this.... it rekindles the lost flame that is "poems about cutting."
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Thanks Shawn. The second HP book was the best, just BECAUSE of the Death-Day party =]
"It belittles pain!"
HAHA.... I've had my own words thrown back at me... xD
Thanks for reading and commenting!
-K
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Amazing...
i loved it... there are no words to describe the emotional truth you forced into this poem from yourself...
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thank you
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love it
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wow.
i still cut but i have alot of admiration for those who have or had the willpower to stop. beautifully written, really.
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My heart broke for you when i was reading this. Saying i've been there doesn't ever seem to help, but I am where you're at now. This was beautifully writen! Thanks for sharing and good luck!
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Thanks so much. It seems like more and more people, young and old too, cut or have cut. So many people are hurting in almost exactly the same ways, yet we all feel so alone that we resort to self mutilation.... it just makes me so so sad for those who cut too deep.
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Thank you very much for entering the contest and I hope you are pleased with the results! Have a nice day! :]
~Tiff -
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Thank you so much!!! Now I have enough points to run another contest ^_^ If you are interested in joining it, it will be posted in about half an hour most likely.
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Heartbreaking...
This poem is so heart-felt, it brought tears to my eyes. I will never be able to understand because I haven't been there, but your courage in sharing this is admirable... -
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Thank you, bless you for understanding.
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