People ask me why I cut People say "Why would you do that?" I'm too young to be this sad People don't understand I cut for me, I cut for pain Emotional pain makes me sick It is unbearable and all-consuming Emotional pain in which I wallow Physical pain is easier Physical pain is short term It allows me to Focus Focus on the thin red line The drops of blood pooling I don't have to think at all Nothing comes into my brain Nothing but pain signals No remembrance of **** Abandonment and abuse Cutting is my escape, my salvation I am full of so many demons When I cut I bleed them out Each drop of red is a tear I've cried Many tears and many red droplets Physical pain overcomes me Wraps me up in a ****** up blanket Cutting is my drug, my escape I am given the chance to numb The ache in my heart is released Through the valleys in my arm Valleys carved into my flesh Released through the blood Pooling on the bathroom floor A puddle of pain and demons This is a puddle of me, all the *****, nasty, unlovable, ******* Then there is a moment of bliss That moment when I numb Like right before they put you to sleep The numb feeling of emptiness I don't think about the demons The demons in my head, screaming They are no longer in my brain They are in the puddle on the floor No longer inside of me Gone for a moment but not forever Pain always comes back This is why I cut, to quiet the pain