Stop bleeding said the knife
I would if I could said the cut.
Stop bleeding you make me messy with the blood.
I’m sorry said the cut.
Stop or I will sink in farther said the knife.
Don’t said the cut.
The knife did not say it couldn’t help it but
it sank in farther.
If only you didn’t bleed said the knife I wouldn’t
have to do this.
I know said the cut I bleed too easily I hate
that I can’t help it I wish I were a knife like
you and didn’t have to bleed.
Well meanwhile stop bleeding will you said the knife.
Yes you are a mess and sinking in deeper said the cut I
will have to stop.
Have you stopped by now said the knife.
I’ve almost stopped I think.
Why must you bleed in the first place said the knife.
For the same reason maybe that you must do what you
must do said the cut.
I can’t stand bleeding said the knife and sank in farther.
I hate it too said the cut I know it isn’t you it’s
me you’re lucky to be a knife you ought to be glad about that.
Too many cuts around said the knife they’re
messy I don’t know how they stand themselves.
They don’t said the cut.
You’re bleeding again.
No I’ve stopped said the cut see you are coming out now the
blood is drying it will rub off you’ll be shiny again and clean.
If only cuts wouldn’t bleed so much said the knife coming
out a little.
But then knives might become dull said the cut.
Aren’t you still bleeding a little said the knife.
I hope not said the cut.
I feel you are just a little.
Maybe just a little but I can stop now.
I feel a little wetness still said the knife sinking in a
little but then coming out a little.
Just a little maybe just enough said the cut.
That’s enough now stop now do you feel better now said the knife.
I feel I have to bleed to feel I think said the cut.
I don’t I don’t have to feel said the knife drying now
becoming shiny.
– i don’t have to feel
This article appears in May 1-7, 2014.
I had a friend who loved to cut
“I feel I have to bleed to feel I think said the cut.” puts the whole fucked-uppidness of a cutters brain in perfect perspective.
apropos, on the other side of a cutters need, when it’s all sorted out, the scars remain as reminder. There’s never forgetting what you’ve done to yourself through the heat of your passion.
Lame.
It’s horrible.
Dear Cutter, stop being such an attention whore and get some therapy to help deal with those emotions. Those scars will not be pretty when you grow out of your teenage angst/emo phase. Stick with bad poetry and give up the cutting..
A paean to “Shark Week”, maybe?
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Ivan, is it really Shark Week?
Factor in the PMS and the Post-MS and it’s closer to a month >; )
and a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries. old song lyrics
person who posted this, tell your doctor what is going on. or go online and join a forum (not like the bitch board) where you can talk about it to other people who also cut themselves. you are not weird or strange or dirty or insane. it is the mind’s ‘pain distraction’. it’s like when you stub your toe you bite your lip. one pain takes away the other one. it’s the mind’s magic trick of sleight of hand to deal with emotional pain.
you can deal with this and minimize the long term damage (scars) and learn some other methods for redirecting or handling the inability to release emotional pain.
no-fool, when did you get your lobotomy? you used to be fucking brilliant.