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(I Pick) Scabs
I pick scabs
Watching the wound bleed
Tormenting myself
More ruthlessly
Than any other
Could hope to do
In their wildest
Darkest imaginings
Peeling broken skin
As if inviting pain
Like hurt is my breath
That my mind
Deserves nothing else
I let the monster
Of my own choosing
Dwell coiled around my heart
Let’s say it
Like it is
I fear life more
Than any death could
So in the wilderness
I leave my soul
To decay
Blow away
Watching the wound bleed
Tormenting myself
More ruthlessly
Than any other
Could hope to do
In their wildest
Darkest imaginings
Peeling broken skin
As if inviting pain
Like hurt is my breath
That my mind
Deserves nothing else
I let the monster
Of my own choosing
Dwell coiled around my heart
Let’s say it
Like it is
I fear life more
Than any death could
So in the wilderness
I leave my soul
To decay
Blow away
Published 29th Apr 2020
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29th Apr 2020 3:06pm
i think many of us pick them brown crusty things, Brother
For me, i love to smear the red elixir over my near hairless skin
it's a type of control over myself, i think.
Love Your choices of metaphor here
despite the aching theme
For me, i love to smear the red elixir over my near hairless skin
it's a type of control over myself, i think.
Love Your choices of metaphor here
despite the aching theme
Anonymous
30th Apr 2020 3:22pm
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Anonymous
1st Sep 2021 7:12pm
Jesus, you can really really write, AP
This piece is heartbreaking but so very well crafted with such an intense ache that takes my breath away...
We all have these big harsh feelings but not many of us can exquisitely convey them... quite like this, my dear friend 🙏🏻
You're a phenomenon (No arguments!)
Thank you for (re)sharing your poetic mastery....
I needed that jolt of brilliance.
🌹-💙
B
This piece is heartbreaking but so very well crafted with such an intense ache that takes my breath away...
We all have these big harsh feelings but not many of us can exquisitely convey them... quite like this, my dear friend 🙏🏻
You're a phenomenon (No arguments!)
Thank you for (re)sharing your poetic mastery....
I needed that jolt of brilliance.
🌹-💙
B
23rd Aug 2023 9:16pm
