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Clara Mar 2018
She looks perfect from here
She looks happy
She looks beautiful
Everyone sees her from a distance
No one takes those few steps closer
They don’t see
The twister in her mind
The stars falling from her eyes
At tremendous speeds
The constellations
Dancing across her body
They don’t look close enough
  Mar 2018 Clara
Ivy Smith
"I'm fine," she says with a halfhearted grin.
"I'm fine," she says again, waving away a helpful hand.
"I'm fine," she says to herself, several minutes later.
"I'm fine," she whispers, wiping her face.
She's not fine.

"I'm fine," she says moments after the cry leaves her lips.
"I'm fine," she says to herself, sinking to the floor.
"I'm fine," she tells herself, shaking in a ball.
"I'm fine," she repeats, picking up the razorblade.
She's not fine.

"I'm fine," she says to her concerned family.
"I'm fine," she insists as those who love her worry.
"I'm fine," she says to anyone who listens.
"I'm fine," she lies as she slices her wrists.
She's not fine.

"I'm fine," she cries, sobbing on the bathroom floor.
"I'm fine," she wails, but only in a whisper.
"I'm fine," she mutters, watching the blood leave her wrist.
"I'm fine," she practices, stepping from the room.
She's not fine.

"I'm fine," she assures the world outside.
Clara Mar 2018
I scratched myself,
I cut my hair,
I tried to change,
But it seems I’m still the same;

I hide my scars,
I wish you’d see,
I’m not ok,
Please help me.

— The End —