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There are cuts straight and diagonal all over my skin Feels like I let my thoughts win and broke all my promises to my younger me And maybe I did Maybe I'm weak Maybe I secretly care what everyone thinks oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? never thought we'd be this way. What the hell happened? Why we cut ourself open? I thought that we'd be happy, we knew things wouldn't be easy, but seriously? You made me a promise that we would be better Why do you keep breaking it? Why'd you lie to me? We used to skip around the playground, we used to shriek with laughter. Don't tell me this is your version of better. Maybe we are weak, maybe we secretly do care what everyone thinks. oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? no, you don't understand! You don't know what they did to us. You haven't lived the pain yet, don't act all disappointed! You would do the same. It's not really our fault, kid They made us like this. They told us our feelings were valid only to punish us. They stuffed us in a box, we weren't allowed to punch pillows anymore. They told us to stuff it inside. They said we were letting satan in, so we learned to prove them right. We gave them something to yell about, something real, something big. And then we got tricked, and our brain got twisted up, we don't think the same way. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I couldn't save us. oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? Stop with the excuses. What happened to 'I never break my promises'? Is that only for other people Did you hate us so much that you didn't care, or are you trying to say you gave up? What happened to 'we got this'? What happened to 'everything will be alright'? What happened to the nights that we would cry and you would say, 'When we're older, things will be okay'? Couldn't you keep up? Is that why we always say 'i miss...', but never finish the sentence? Is it the younger us you miss? Is it the time when we weren't like this? oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? Yes, you're right, I miss smiling in the dead of night. Imagining this bright future, where we were considered cool. And we had tons of friends, and everyone liked us, and we had amazing parents. But you have to understand, we aren't gonna change until our environment does. We'll never be the same, but we can get better. And I'll make a promise right here, we will get away, and have an awesome life. And maybe our scars will never fully heal, but I promise we're gonna get help.
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May 23
May 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM UTC
Younger Me Arguing
There are cuts straight and diagonal all over my skin Feels like I let my thoughts win and broke all my promises to my younger me And maybe I did Maybe I'm weak Maybe I secretly care what everyone thinks oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? never thought we'd be this way. What the hell happened? Why we cut ourself open? I thought that we'd be happy, we knew things wouldn't be easy, but seriously? You made me a promise that we would be better Why do you keep breaking it? Why'd you lie to me? We used to skip around the playground, we used to shriek with laughter. Don't tell me this is your version of better. Maybe we are weak, maybe we secretly do care what everyone thinks. oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? no, you don't understand! You don't know what they did to us. You haven't lived the pain yet, don't act all disappointed! You would do the same. It's not really our fault, kid They made us like this. They told us our feelings were valid only to punish us. They stuffed us in a box, we weren't allowed to punch pillows anymore. They told us to stuff it inside. They said we were letting satan in, so we learned to prove them right. We gave them something to yell about, something real, something big. And then we got tricked, and our brain got twisted up, we don't think the same way. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I couldn't save us. oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? Stop with the excuses. What happened to 'I never break my promises'? Is that only for other people Did you hate us so much that you didn't care, or are you trying to say you gave up? What happened to 'we got this'? What happened to 'everything will be alright'? What happened to the nights that we would cry and you would say, 'When we're older, things will be okay'? Couldn't you keep up? Is that why we always say 'i miss...', but never finish the sentence? Is it the younger us you miss? Is it the time when we weren't like this? oh Don't you know I'm sad inside? Don't you know I'm satisfied with when I bleed, with when I bleed? oh Don't you know I love it when my emotional pain shows up all over my skin, all over my skin? Yes, you're right, I miss smiling in the dead of night. Imagining this bright future, where we were considered cool. And we had tons of friends, and everyone liked us, and we had amazing parents. But you have to understand, we aren't gonna change until our environment does. We'll never be the same, but we can get better. And I'll make a promise right here, we will get away, and have an awesome life. And maybe our scars will never fully heal, but I promise we're gonna get help.
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i want to leave not because the world is too much, but i am. dancing in the sunshine, singing in the rain, smiling as if my life is brilliant. my outside life if pretty perfect, but the inside is rusty. too many cracks and snags, too many broken pipes, fractured beams to be useful anymore. you wouldn’t use a vase that can’t hold water, so why use a life that can’t hold joy?
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Mar 1, 2025
Mar 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM UTC
Why?
and finally i had my happy ending even though i was laying on the floor with no mind to house my body anymore i must have been happy somewhere
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Jan 12, 2025
Jan 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM UTC
hypothetical
I tried to **** myself last week But all did was throw up And give you another medical bill I made the school work pile up and my friends mildly worried gave myself a big bruise And nearly cried from the emails Explaining that i couldn't do the math quiz on Friday the 15th Because i tried to **** myself last week
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Jan 27, 2022
Jan 27, 2022 at 10:40 AM UTC
Trying to leave
I was outside in the cold for hours that day thinking about how to end things i passed your body On my way upstairs Before spreading out my saved pills And unlocking a knife Crimson spread along my thigh And my stomach became upset My water is now empty And all that's left on the counter is dust A little bit of red stains the blade And i pull up my pants nonchalantly
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Jan 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:43 AM UTC
the attempt
the singer should have warned us about his out of tune song it was so undeserving of our live ears the melody was unpleasant and the tune horrific how could there be devotees to such bad talent it just shows you that some ears are deaf... Brian Hill - 2020 # 241
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Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020 at 9:06 AM UTC
Out of Tune
I’ve never felt like this before. The blood that the weapon and the battle bore Has splashed the walls and warped the floor, But I’ve never felt like this before. I’ve never breathed like this before. My chest getting tighter at my heartbeat’s roar And I’ve felt myself panic on anxiety’s shore, But I’ve never breathed like this before. I’ve never hurt like this before. I’ve been battered and beaten as the barbs would gore My frail little heart ‘till it beat no more, But I’ve never hurt like this before. I’ve never burned like this before. The witchers with their torches tried to “settle the score”, And I kept on burning  to the crowd’s “encore!” But I’ve never burned like this before. I’ve never been lonely like this before. I’ve been abandoned, sure; thought that I was done for, When I reached out to people and they slammed the door, But I’ve never been lonely like this before. I’ve never felt like this before. The walls are closing in and I’m losing the war. See my broken salute as I fight on, I’m trying! But my courage is dying And my smile is lying All the tears that I’m crying Are so subtly implying That I’m NOT OKAY Someone help me, please! I don’t want to die alone But all the sweet words that you give me only pile up on the throne Of my broken wishes, of my long-gone home, And at the end of the day, you won’t know how hard I tried, But the world would still be better off if I- ’ve never felt like this before.
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Dec 12, 2019
Dec 12, 2019 at 11:15 PM UTC
Died
I’ve never felt like this before. The blood that the weapon and the battle bore Has splashed the walls and warped the floor, But I’ve never felt like this before. I’ve never breathed like this before. My chest getting tighter at my heartbeat’s roar And I’ve felt myself panic on anxiety’s shore, But I’ve never breathed like this before. I’ve never hurt like this before. I’ve been battered and beaten as the barbs would gore My frail little heart ‘till it beat no more, But I’ve never hurt like this before. I’ve never burned like this before. The witchers with their torches tried to “settle the score”, And I kept on burning  to the crowd’s “encore!” But I’ve never burned like this before. I’ve never been lonely like this before. I’ve been abandoned, sure; thought that I was done for, When I reached out to people and they slammed the door, But I’ve never been lonely like this before. I’ve never felt like this before. The walls are closing in and I’m losing the war. See my broken salute as I fight on, I’m trying! But my courage is dying And my smile is lying All the tears that I’m crying Are so subtly implying That I’m NOT OKAY Someone help me, please! I don’t want to die alone But all the sweet words that you give me only pile up on the throne Of my broken wishes, of my long-gone home, And at the end of the day, you won’t know how hard I tried, But the world would still be better off if I- ’ve never felt like this before.
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surprisingly enough, steak knives aren't any good for cutting flesh, ceiling fans don't hold as much weight as you'd think they would, your family isn't as understanding as they say they are, because no one can understand you, not even yourself. and no matter how many times they say they won't forget, won't forfeit the game of remembrance, you know they will, and they'll be glad once they have. Because you don't need a stain like me on the artwork that is your life. scrub me off quickly before the memories get dry and you get used to them. Because I know from experience that only one soul will remember a suicide by the next year. Because I know from experience you don't have to be dead and gone to be dead and gone. I have already been forgotten by most, but then again, I don't want to be remembered.
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Jul 5, 2018
Jul 5, 2018 at 5:29 PM UTC
Even someone like you could forget someone like me
Tu es mon meilleur ami Je suis très désolée Mais je ne sais pas pourquoi tu aime moi Peut être tu es soif pour quelque chose nouvelle Peut être il est vrai, ton sentiments Ton mots Je m'en fiche du passé Je sais que tu t'en fiche l'un ou l'autre Mais je suis malade avec mes décisions Pourquoi je suis le criminel Pourquoi je suis coupable Je ne devrais pas existe Tu es très spectaculaire, génial, magnifique Mais je ne peux pas continuer avec toi Avec nous Avec la planète La terre n'est plus ma maison Je n'appartiens pas ici Je suis désolée Très très très désolée Mais il doit être fini Au revoir mon meilleur ami Mi amour Mon amour pour toujours Au revoir lune brilliant Et toute ta beauté Je aller me manquer ton façade Je reviendrai Pas bientôt Mais éventuellement Quand tu ne m'aimes pas plus Et je peux être libre de moi Mais rappelles toi Je t'aime toujours D'une autre façon En amitiée, Ton copine
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Apr 19, 2018
Apr 19, 2018 at 9:22 AM UTC
Si Longtemps
i am just another stain another ****** stain on a shirt on a bandage dripping onto the floor because no one caught it in time another stain to wipe away i am just another mark another ****** mark on my bed on my hands dripping onto the floor because it hurts to open my mouth another mark that just won't scrub out i am just another cut another ****** cut on my arms on my legs dripping onto the floor because feeling pain is better than feeling nothing another cut that won't heal right
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Mar 28, 2018
Mar 28, 2018 at 3:45 PM UTC
i am just another
I can't write- When my wrists are cut, And I can't guide you- When I hold my eyes shut, I'm sorry if- I disappointed you, But I can't do this- I'm black and blue.
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Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 8:03 PM UTC
Black and Blue
mine myopic eyes stare intently in2 cyberspace folk kiss my sing song snap chat ting mine eyes fixated b4 ur image seconds erase with an exclamation of eureka a ha - u look familiar at least yar face mebbe we both lived during the same time centuries ago, eh perhaps in adjoining caves some place and/or dashed off the starting line of tha human race. this yo dull ling josh hing glute max a mess **** tooting ring ding oof a max i mus drake haint named bruce boot ah do like the taste of cous cous what the deuce as i goose step wit a ***** loose whereby bull winkle the moose n natasha the squirrel plus otter creatures tink i lack mental juice er purr haps goot a ***** el loose i.e. ja dat - right duh gray matter of dis knit wit "infamous" noose cents, sum hmm iz amiss from dis indigent guy still lugged in a papoose cob bulled with whirled wide web peppered with rotten green tomatoes - prompting n immediate VAMOOSE & find my rye ming ting ab solute zero in chime with zee cuckoo ready 2 call up doktor demento ore zeus. thus, this friendship introduction will mutual ideally nada blow based on ma unseen essence of body, mind & soul moreso than dough i.e. money, which tends 2 be a superficial criteria viz assess worthiness to flow toward greater comprehension akin 2 a garden that requires one 2 **** din *** thus, this common non sloppy joe maw owl ease keeps 2 himself i.e. ya know a contemplative sort & writes ha low 2 you crossing fingers no immediate aversion arises, yet an emphatic "no" toward me would be taken in stride per this poe it, whose ability finds comfort within the simple pleasures of life while invisible 1 that doth row this creaky human vessel, yes on occasion calls out 4 a big tow. mebbe as a d liver e purse son 2 supplement social security income (this disability 4 generalized anxiety) within me gray matter doth lay.
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Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 at 12:16 PM UTC
this poker face mwm 4 bad romance? TM (gamboling hall)
mine myopic eyes stare intently in2 cyberspace folk kiss my sing song snap chat ting mine eyes fixated b4 ur image seconds erase with an exclamation of eureka a ha - u look familiar at least yar face mebbe we both lived during the same time centuries ago, eh perhaps in adjoining caves some place and/or dashed off the starting line of tha human race. this yo dull ling josh hing glute max a mess **** tooting ring ding oof a max i mus drake haint named bruce boot ah do like the taste of cous cous what the deuce as i goose step wit a ***** loose whereby bull winkle the moose n natasha the squirrel plus otter creatures tink i lack mental juice er purr haps goot a ***** el loose i.e. ja dat - right duh gray matter of dis knit wit "infamous" noose cents, sum hmm iz amiss from dis indigent guy still lugged in a papoose cob bulled with whirled wide web peppered with rotten green tomatoes - prompting n immediate VAMOOSE & find my rye ming ting ab solute zero in chime with zee cuckoo ready 2 call up doktor demento ore zeus. thus, this friendship introduction will mutual ideally nada blow based on ma unseen essence of body, mind & soul moreso than dough i.e. money, which tends 2 be a superficial criteria viz assess worthiness to flow toward greater comprehension akin 2 a garden that requires one 2 **** din *** thus, this common non sloppy joe maw owl ease keeps 2 himself i.e. ya know a contemplative sort & writes ha low 2 you crossing fingers no immediate aversion arises, yet an emphatic "no" toward me would be taken in stride per this poe it, whose ability finds comfort within the simple pleasures of life while invisible 1 that doth row this creaky human vessel, yes on occasion calls out 4 a big tow. mebbe as a d liver e purse son 2 supplement social security income (this disability 4 generalized anxiety) within me gray matter doth lay.
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I stand here knocking On Death's door I am asking to come in Life is too overwhelming I am ready to move on Maybe the next life Will treat me kinder As this life has been hard So I stand here knocking On Death's door.
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Oct 18, 2017
Oct 18, 2017 at 8:06 PM UTC
Knocking on Death's Door
*so this happened... it has happened before then i can stop but it always comes back back to the blade the shiny blade it calls my name begs to feel my skin as it slices red bubbles up and runs down my arm funny i don't feel the pain so it cuts again and again making thin red lines so this happened....*
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Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017 at 7:45 PM UTC
so this happened...
*Self Personal Me Alone Judgement Punishment Deserved Guilty Facing My Own Inadequaties Self-Judgement* Sentence passed Only death will pay
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Oct 4, 2017
Oct 4, 2017 at 10:17 PM UTC
Self-Judgement
my hand roars with searing pain. "i dont know how this happened," i explain. but in truth, my art teacher left a box of sharp objects on her desk and my little hands just wanted to grab one just wanted to try
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May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017 at 1:59 PM UTC
CARELESS
I... Still Earn Love, Find Hope And Recover More Every Day
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Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 at 11:02 PM UTC
I Self Harmed
**I'm not trying to **** myself My cuts are merely a cry for help** You could read them like a journal if you were to look hard enough This one from the time I cried until I could't cry anymore That one from the time when sleep was oh so far away And that one there, just a scar That was my first cut, the one that began it all Sometimes the only way to bury the emotional pain Is by covering it with the physical pain Like the bite of a dull kitchen knife against your stomach Or the burn of a sharp one The little beads of blood welling to the surface Like the tears of my emotions In physical form
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Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 at 10:52 PM UTC
Cry for Help
I have tried so hard to move forward I really want to be happy To accomplish things Put the Past behind. But the voices in my head They whisper and yell Lies, and half-truths They make me doubt. They can twist everything Make it seem like I am Unwanted, unloved A failure. I do not know how to silence them.
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Sep 10, 2015
Sep 10, 2015 at 7:58 PM UTC
Voices
I am his little puppet He calls, I run He hits, I break He touches, I cringe and endure He controls me He controls my spirit He controls my mind I try to untie the strings And be a real person But each time I slip one off He is right back to tie it on tighter. The puppet master He beckons for me He wants to see me dance I dance for him With silent tears rolling down my cheeks.
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Aug 3, 2015
Aug 3, 2015 at 5:11 PM UTC
Puppet Master
*I try so hard to not let him win But then the letter or call comes And I am right back there again Under his control. Feeling lost and hurting Wanting all the pain to leave. My head hurts My heart is broken I am a mess. I cannot function like this anymore I am done He has ruined my day....again. Happy Birthday to me He's back.*
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Aug 2, 2015
Aug 2, 2015 at 8:39 PM UTC
Broken, Again
*Laying outside. Got a shiny new blade in hand. I love the way the sun shimmers off it. A new blade...needs to be used. I am actually feeling good. But still have the urge. The* urge *to cut. To feel that* slice *into skin. I am* addicted *to cutting. I feel a rush knowing what is coming. The quickness of the* blade. *The slight pull of the skin. Then the* red bubbles of blood. That led into a path of red *running Down my arm. Initiating the new* blade. *Cutting tonight. Not to dull a pain. But out of a* desire to feel it.
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May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 at 8:22 PM UTC
The Urge
*In a few hours I will be facing the monster. The one who took my innocence, My childhood, my soul. I need to take back control I pray for strength. He needs to pay for the hurt The hurt then and now. My lack of being able to function normally....his doing. I need to stand tall Be firm...make him suffer Like he made me. I can do this The time has come Today you pay!*
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May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 at 2:06 PM UTC
Standing Tall
*My heart is longing Longing for something Or someone To fill this void in my life. Someone who will love All of me Including the bad and ugly parts. Someone who will take the time To learn my secrets What haunts me at night Who will not run away when it gets tough. Someone who will help me Fight the demons inside Who will stand next to me And hold my hand. My heart is longing Longing for something Or someone To fill this void in my life. I am here Where are you??*
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May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015 at 11:11 AM UTC
Someone??
I am NOT *Your Pet project! You cannot fix broken! Walk away Don't look back!* STOP
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May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015 at 11:16 PM UTC
Pet Project