Harm Self Poems
These Harm Self poems are examples of Self poems about Harm. These are the best examples of Self Harm poems written by international poets.
My blood, my comfortShe always hated the sight of blood
But now it had become her greatest comfort
She felt her blood was the only one who understood
What it...
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Categories:
self, depression, discrimination, mental health,
When racism met suicideScars fade but trauma doesn't
She wished it was the the other way round
At least then she wouldn't be haunted by the memories
Maybe the cuts...
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Categories:
self, bullying, prejudice, race, racism,
Reclaiming the absenceTo be a good father You already have to be a good man But apparently he couldn't be either guess it was just easier For...
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Categories:
self, betrayal, children, family, mental
IncarnateBloodlet me, my precious
You can make this my willing sacrifice
To cure me of impurity, of sickness.
Cut gashes into my face.
Discard chunks of my body.
These cliffs...
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Categories:
self, abuse, imagination, longing, lust,
Onionsmy dear friends,
i am writing to address
a memory of sorts:
a lovely barbecue,
evening, on the beach.
you all brought
ingredients
to pile on my barbecue.
you all brought your onions
your...
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Categories:
self, addiction, extended metaphor,
Hell Hot WaterThe little beads rise to the surface of her skin.
The skin that seems to have
'gotten scratched by the cat'
One too many times.
But as she goes...
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Categories:
self, 8th grade, anxiety, hurt,
Silent Screams
I see the lines, I trace the skin,
I swear this time won’t start again.
The pain fades fast, but not for long,
The ache remains, the pull...
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Categories:
self, depression, suicide,
If onlyIf only I knew
What all this would do
I never meant
To be broke and bent
I try and try
But its never enough
And just like that...
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Categories:
self, addiction, depression, how i
HeartboundA cold, silver knife
rests on my shaking fingers.
I graze the blade across my life;
the slicing of it lingers.
I push the metal through my skin,
right to...
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Categories:
self, abuse, addiction, angst, devotion,
Note to Self - Chill OutI see you feel tired and discouraged,
sometimes disappointed with yourself and others.
I cannot remember where I read or heard it,
but one should cut...
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Categories:
life, self,
Desparate for hopeMind desparate for hope
desperatley searches for something to cling onto
something to quiet down the endless cycle of repeating thoughts
that haunt it every early...
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Categories:
self, body, depression, how i
Of Love
Of Love
A feeling that seeps through you,
Searching—
For, as people claim, the heart.
But don’t you feel
It’s shackled, chained, and bound?
But—
People.
People.
These puppets of fate,
These endless masses of...
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Categories:
deep, poems, self,
Bad GenesMy third wife is angry now, she knows that I cheated.
But I like life on the edge, so I told her to pack up and...
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Categories:
self, addiction, character, drug, fate,
Exit Stage RightSomeone slowly makes a move
Somewhere in the night
A light switch, a lighter
Some razor blade laughter
Making someone alright
For an hour or maybe two
Any more, you’re...
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Categories:
self, angst, betrayal, death, depression,
Unintentional Self Harm
I sought the balm of quiet streams,
The hush of leaves in twilight's seam.
A softer touch, a breathless sigh,
To soothe the ache, to still the cry.
Yet...
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Categories:
self, 12th grade,