she cuts her skin
like paper
because she knows
she'll never last
in a world
so big and bad
with the scarred paper
she shows
her battle wounds
which express the pain
buried deep inside
because she
is so big and bad
so she tears at the paper
and she screams
and now her precious paper
isn't so precious
anymore
and now she's made of paper
and paper never lasts
in a world
so big and bad
{c.m.}