#owie
I tear the skin off of my lips
And then I can taste the salty blood.
My mother says to me,
"Annie! Stop!"
But I ignore her.
And I chew away.
She asks me,
"Annie!! Why do you do that!?
It freaks me out!!"
Maybe I think that my lips will disintegrate.
That maybe I will just
End up eating them away.
No.
That's too strange.
Maybe I think that they need to be smoother,
Just in case,
And that any jagged bits of skin poking up needs to be ripped off
Like a bandaid.
No.
I'm too shy to kiss anyone.
Maybe I just love the sting
Of exposed skin.
I don't think so.
I'm pretty sure I've become desensitized to that
sting.
My answer, Mom, is that I don't know.
I couldn't tell you even if I tried.
Jan 19, 2019
Jan 19, 2019 at 9:19 PM UTC