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A Painful Addiction

when you start to cut the skin around it puffs, crimson like the sky horizontal beads of scarlet push through the surface, escaping. at first it stings and it begins to tingle, but then you begin to feel at ease, your whole body is in panic mode as the blood starts to drip, yet your mind is so calm. cutting is an addiction, it makes me tremble at my knees -unKnown Person

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Sandra Adams

Date: 11/2/2019 3:11:00 PM

i was a cutter in my past, it was a release of inner pain...you described it rather well...hope you aren't a cutter now...i have found poetry to be the best release of emotions...hugs to you warrior...

Keiera Pooley
Date: 10/20/2020 1:58:00 PM

poetry has always been a love of mine, simply to release that pain inside. i hope you are no longer a cutter and your world is filled with joy - sending hugs back to, my fellow warrior.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/2/2019 2:10:00 PM

Cutting is a serious problem, and you have penned this well.

Keiera Pooley
Date: 10/20/2020 1:57:00 PM

you’re right and cutting is very addictive and often hard to explain which is why i choose to pour my feelings onto a page. i pray that your life is filled with happiness. thank you so much for this comment, it means a lot.