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Scars, Mark My Past

My sister asked how I got my scars That run half the length of my lower left arm Casually, almost offhand, I asked her why "If I had cuts like that I'd cry" "Well little sister, perhaps it's best If I lay your mind to rest And say that I was not okay during this time And we should focus on the present rather than what is behind" She was satisfied with this, but I was not My heart burst so hard, like I was shot I want to protect her from this torturous truth That "I was not okay" and was tempted to try the noose More like the knife, I even had a plan Yet I'm better now, I don't understand Just like my little sister, things confuse me Like what's in my head and what is reality
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26 / Trans Female
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Written by
Visceral
26 / Trans Female
Published
Oct 9, 2016
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19·140
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#suicide#poem#self#harm#depression#time#blood#sister#knife#vyscern
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