I Must

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does it really need an explanation?

I Must

Slice. 
The wondrous sound
of blade against skin
of blood slipping out
the thin cuts.
You slash
faster
faster
as much as you may want to
it is impossible to end
what you have begun.
Slowly
dragging that wretched thing
across your flesh.
I'm afraid to stop
afraid to go too long
because
if theres no scars,
no cuts,
no blood,
then wheres the proof?
Wheres the scar
showing that it really happened.
That its not all in my head
that im not making this up as i go along.
I need to.
I must. 

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bets commented on I Must

03-10-2011

This is seriously amazing, and I know how it feels. It's an amazing write!

brokenhearted11

03/10/2011

thanks. i really like some of my newer ones a lot better, i think the olders are too choppy and literal, but thank you!

Mandi commented on I Must

07-21-2010

I think You Must gete thee hither to a counslor or something Ao you see anyone f or that? a very provacative piece, well written, raw emotion, pleasant shapr to view

brokenhearted11

07/21/2010

thanks :) but no , im fine. i stopped a while ago. told a friend, she helped me.

winterkou commented on I Must

07-12-2010

yeah a sad poem about suidide , depressing , dark thats all i can say.

brokenhearted11

07/12/2010

not suicide, cutting. i can see how u might thingk its suicide, btu thats not it at all. its not ttrying to take your own life, its trying to improve it in a twisted, creepy way. its hard to explain. aeither way, tahnks for the comment :)

SweetAngel4eva commented on I Must

07-12-2010

i don't really know how to explain what I like about this poem, just that it gets to me. Good poem, Keep it up!

brokenhearted11

07/12/2010

thank you! :)

Charlie23 commented on I Must

07-11-2010

I think it is a very sad thing, suicide. For some, the scars are on the inside... for those - there is no proof. There's nothing I hate more than a bastard that says prove it... You don't have to prove anything to anyone but yourself - Then for others, I've read there is a disorder that leads them to want to cut... not to comment suicide... just to cut, not a disorder that I understand anymore than I understand the behavior that stems from my own disorder - either way it's rough, as I felt pain when I read this poem.

brokenhearted11

07/11/2010

hm. it is a very sad thing, and a touchy subject, but i think people should be educated on it. thanks for the comment :)

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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