Self Harming Poems - Poems about Self Harming

Making Up

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I am playing with mommy’s make up
While she’s tired and putting her feet up
I’m supposed to be having rest too
But face painting’s a fun thing to do.

Mommy placed the curlers in my ...

Anywhere but here

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I am empty of empathy
come sympathise with me
Cue the violins,
or just fiddle
like a bad-tempered Roman

Offer me hope:
bring flamboyant symbols,
cheap gold pendants with wings
Maybe a b...

Flowers Covered In Blood

...This is my first time writing in a long time
A lot of thoughts but in the wrong mind
I've been hiding this pain so long
I've not been strong enough to change what's wrong 

Taking care of my eld...

Impact of Drugs

...My childhood had a severe lack of love
I had to pick myself up anytime I fell
Waking up from nightmares without a family to tell
I've never touched them, but I've felt the impact of drugs

Born ...

Sobering Truth

...Painful memories I wish I could forget but I'm soldering through 
Scars still bleeding from traumatic experiences I had to go through 
Nightmares and flashbacks of things from my childhood I was ex...

I Hide It Well

...It started when my 7 year old son was diagnosed with adhd/odd,
You have no rest taking care of a child with a disability,
Years went by I did all I could nobody knew or asked,
I would cry over the...

The Poem About Nothing

...What's worse a broken heart or broken pride? 
for so long I've kept these emotions inside 
If crying makes me less of a man, I'm less of a man, because I just cried
I won't explain why because my ...

Starting To Heal

...Screams that never got heard, tears that never got dried
the ignored child as my parents would fight
I found peace in sleep because my real life was a nightmare 
Parents didn't care to look after ...

Self Harming

...In spring 
gaze into my hazel eyes
see distant horizons
flat-lining
the congolese savannah,

touching bruised clouds 
against your creamy skin, 
hives peppered
with puce contusions 
your pu...

Depression Thought It Had Won

...I've spent many nights crying
I was feeling weaker than ever, I felt the fight dying
Depression thought it had won
But it didn't realise it had stepped into the ring with Mike Tyson

Depression ...

Heal the Broken Ones

...I write for all of the broken hearts that are beating
Use my poetry as a bandage for your scars that are bleeding
from my heart is where my words are spoken from
I write my words with love and hop...

My Ambitions As a Writer

...I pick my pen up to express myself with hopes that my words will inspire 
I bleed on the pad to show how much poetry means to me
I try to write the words so well that you can imagine the scenery 
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Bring Me To Safety

...I've been made to feel things I didn't want to feel 
I was numb for so long I forgot that my wounds were real
I tried to escape but depression chased me
I just need someone to bring me to safety 
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If the Vodka Could Speak

...If the vodka could talk, I'd have no secrets left
It would share all of my bleeding wounds and regrets
I'd be looked at differently for the rest of my life
If the vodka could talk, I'd finally be ...

Victory Will Be Mine

...I put my soul and heart into everything I write with my pen
I won't stop until I rhyme with every word and they print my name in the dictionary on every page
I rhymed my way out of the maze
As lon...

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