"I'm sorry babe I need to cut"
I get the text
Tears spring to my eyes
I understand
Needing the pain
Needing control
I need it too
It kills me though
When I know you're doing it
But I can't help
You're too far away
I need to know how far you've gone
"Show me"
I send with shaking hands
You oblige
You send me pictures
There's so much blood
So much of that warm red life
Pulsating out of you
And I can't stop it
"please stop."
My desperate plea changes nothing
You still need it
"I'm not stopping until every one of these blades is dull"
And I know you'll be true to your word
"please"
It's all I know to say
You won't listen
I wish you would
Finally
The blades won't cut you anymore
You're done
But your skin remains broken
As does my heart.