1. March 27th
, 2011
That instant prick of pain
Adrenaline coursing through my veins
Ignore the world
And take comfort in the blood
Trickling out of my skin
I knew I wouldn’t have the strength
To resist an urge I find so alluring
The craving
I’ve kept it in
For far too long
Kisses belonging to the blade
Of a razor
Are bestowed upon the skin of my forearms
My muscles untwist as relief seeps in
My breath returns to my lungs as agony seeps out
Eyes as deep as the ocean
Irises the color of sapphire
Lost their luster to the selfishness of sadness
Their pigment abducted by the carelessness of corruption
Too ashamed to look at the army of red slits
Climbing from the crook of my elbow
To the start of my wrist

2. -t.j.t.