Can you hear those voices?
Those voices in my head
They are getting louder
It’s very hard to think
My mind is running wild now
Telling me awful things
Its time to let out
What’s happening within
I take a sharp blade
I rest it on my wrist
Its time to hurt myself
Its time to pay for what they did
I move the blade quickly across my skin
I leave a deep wound to represent the pain within
I know this won’t fix my problems
But it distracts me from my mind
I can feel a different pain
A pain that is a relief from the pain I feel inside
My mind slowly comes back to me
The voices begin to fade
Now I am angry at myself
For picking up that blade
I know it’s not the answer
But it sure did feel that way
I bandage up the wound
I wear a jumper to go out
I must hide the pain
I must keep it all inside
Society silences this very thing
Society allows the silence to eat up the very me
I don’t want to hurt myself
But at the moment I’m hanging by a thread