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Part 17 of Poem-A-Day Challenge, Vol.1
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Published:
2025-07-07
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Sleeves

Summary:

All my tops have long sleeves.

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Work Text:

All my tops have long sleeves
it’s a small price to pay for the only relief
i feel whenever the razor cleaves
and I smile, letting out the crimson grief.

It hurts so good that it can’t possibly be bad
even if it is, I don’t know if I can ever stop
so far gone that I cut even when I don’t feel sad
one day I’ll slice deep, make my veins pop

because this world hasn’t been kind to me
I keep scraping the shards of my soul off the floor
so don’t stop me when I try to be free
because there’s nothing for me to live for.

Notes:

Chronic pain is constant in my life, and in a sense I think that is what spares me from reaching the point of self-harming.

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