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Open, Dry. Bleeding from the inside. Never Known If I would make it. Anger, Rushing & burning as it flows. Fear, Loving Every second it controls. Pain, Gripping, Clawing at my soul.
Her hair falls loosely past her hips. Auburn waves descending in curves and dips. Her eyes are lovely ocean blue. They've seen the false but not the true. Her smile is tight and careful.
She is beautiful but she wont believe , Most times she wishes she couldnt breath. She is perfectly skinny but its not enough , Shes gave up food and trying to love.
#blackribbon Today, the 30th of November, is self harm awareness day.
From a girls POV I couldn't believe what this person had texted me. I hadn't done anything to upset them, only raised my hand a few times to my favourite teacher - who just happened to be a guy.
16+ warning. Heat. Condensed into stinging welts. Clenching muscles under too-hot bed sheets. Tears tugged out of reluctant eye corners. A mantra of belief. Whispered under ragged breath.
tiny little capsules containing happiness containing sanity containing serenity containing health containing fortune just add water down your throat you can tell in your brain these pills...
I wish days away, I have nothing to say. Loneliness is all I feel, On my battered knees I kneel. I am not so strong as I used to be, What has happened to the lovely, happy me.
Drip drip drip drip... Is that a tap dripping. Or maybe the gutter's leaking. I hope it's nothing serious. But then again, it would give me something to do... Drip drip drip...
Reflection What I see In the black mirror I can never love My image clearer I see a hurt boy, Injured by fear. Scared of the world, Scared of the tears. In time, The scars may heal.
No one besides myself had realized that she couldn't contain her insanity. Back then, and now.
Recently I've been struggling with my eating, and it begs me to question if I can get over it. The answer is probably yes, considering I'm only 18 and on the whole scale of my life this is very...
I'm battered and bruised. I'm cut and I'm scraped. I've taken all the pain, that my soul can take. I need some one to pick me up off this cold hard ground.
Fuck this. I'm just... I'm just desperate. I'm pathetic. And I'm relapsing. On the brink of collapsing.
A little drip of pressure, Can quickly send me frowning, Amounting to a hurricane, And suddenly I'm drowning.
The battle 2 b myself is disheartening. I constantly feel the need 2 give of myself...sometimes whether I want 2 or not. I'm a people pleaser 4 better or worse...usually 4 worse.
Take a deep breath, in and out. Lower your voice, there is no need to shout. I'm right here feel my touch. Slow your pace there is no need to rush. Drink some water and clam yourself down.
She cuts and bleeds, but feels no pain. He smokes some weed with nothing to gain. He cries every night, but no one hears. She wants to run and hide from all her fears.
Nails for breakfast, Tacks for snacks, Knives and scissors, Behind my back, Make the mundane A sharpened charade, Metaphorical pain, Self-harm of my self-worth, I'm all give and I've Pretty much...
*Jeremy Tolle lay wake in his bed. A storm crackled outside. He could not sleep this night, nor ever. Unfortunate repercussions of ADD. His lack of attention preceded his rapidly failing grades.
I'm doing fine, doing fine. But still they find me, plague my mind. Their demon fingers trail a thought. Thoughts I thought I had forgot. In the shadow, the cusp of sight.
I am trying to shower away the weekend, but the mix of sweat, rain, second hand smoke and marker pen won't run down the drain.
Insecurities. They cloud me like a hive. An angry swarm of liquid wasps. Eating me alive. Faults and failures. They run along my skin. Wearing all my flesh away. Until I'm bones; I'm thin.
I'm at school and everyone is here. it's a normal Monday. but normal for her isn't normal for me. she's been abused again. didn't get any sleep. scared and waiting for him to come in her room.