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Giving up
While making positive changeIt still feels like giving upGiving up parts of me I’ve been known forIve lost the drunken confidenceIve lost the late night callsIve lost the spontaneity of writingand of writing on the wallsI no longer feel easyI feel everything a choreWaking up is easierBut just such a boreIve given up on holidaysI…
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trigger
I sometimes loose control of my body My hands smack into my head repeatedly My eyes water with no end My heart rushes and bangs through my chest This can be caused when I have strong feelings that my brain can’t process. I wanted to sleep for hours and I couldn’t I wanted to feel…
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Lifeless
I wasn’t ready for you Like a bird that can’t yet fly How could I teach you to Lifeless Drained of all my strength Drained of life Lifeless Is how I was left But I’m back And I’m teaching myself how to fly So one day you will too And I’ll be soaring through the…
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I was young
I was young and dumb it started by carving my hand with the nail on my thumb But then I started etching my doodles into my skin Before I knew what self-harm was I had no way of stopping it It started as art then became a control Controlling depression Trying to lessen Never learning…
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My story
Once upon a time there was a girl Who suddenly felt sad And glad That she just took those 12 paracetamol, 3 sleeping pills and 2 tranquillisers At the age of 12 She loved the blood that covered her bruised knuckles And the way her body was now filled with scars and open slits She…
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Trigger warning
Trigger warning, it wont be nice You wont be able to look people in the eyes. Trigger warning, those who don’t know will make jokes unaware of the emotions it evokes. Trigger warning, someone will find out and they will ask what its all about Trigger warning, when they know it will hurt them more…