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I cannot keep this This fruitless ache This pounding in my head There go my blades At their works Bloody arts! Sign the dotted line in blood Your blood! We try to bleed it out! each droplet an hour of agonies crimson muck We cried but in vain This depressive, this manic This open raw wound to which everyone spits in For tis that which they doth not see Oh so blind to! Therapies, forsooth! a worthless pastime Clonazepam, Quetiapine Dampen the mood, quieten the voices A mind torn asunder for of winter snow and summer thunder a body I do plunder to rip out these demons exorcise these ghouls claw out these ghosts This cannot be glorified it is not beautifully broken but tearing oneself apart to remove the ashes in my head Borderline personality disorder Post traumatic stress disorder...
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hayley-siebert
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hayley-siebert
Published
Dec 4, 2016
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A poem on the effects of self harm and mental illness

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#self#harm#depression#illness#sorrow#mental#ptsd#bipolar#bpd#woe
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