She ran the razor blade
along the side of her wrist,
slowly, determinedly,
tongue in the corner
of her mouth, focused,
no one else was in
the adjoining toilet cubicles
on the locked ward.
Blood came
and she became relaxed,
and held the razor blade
away from the skin.
It was sticky with blood.
She sat there gazing
disinterestedly at the scene.
All else, all other things,
and voices, and far away
music from the ward radio,
were like echoes in a dream,
and she didn't talk
or laugh or scream.
Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM UTC
She ran the razor blade
along the side of her wrist,
slowly, determinedly,
tongue in the corner
of her mouth, focused,
no one else was in
the adjoining toilet cubicles
on the locked ward.
Blood came
and she became relaxed,
and held the razor blade
away from the skin.
It was sticky with blood.
She sat there gazing
disinterestedly at the scene.
All else, all other things,
and voices, and far away
music from the ward radio,
were like echoes in a dream,
and she didn't talk
or laugh or scream.
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