Didn't You Realize?

Here I sit with my X-acto knife
carved out sections of my mind
scattered remnants of long ago strife
littering the cheap linoleum of my life

Showed you my insides
peeled off & bleeding now, from your maces
hurled with precision from your faces
Didn't you realize?
No, you can not empathize

Growing feelers from your head
you reach out from your pain
seeking wavelengths, no refrain
and here I dull them
trying to shut out the drain
rejecting emotion is insane
Didn't you realize?
No, I can't NOT empathize
each feeling adds to the scars in my brain