How It Is

It always feels like the world don't wanna know
The truth behind every self-harm show
The usual attitude is "he's just mad"
But what they don't know is he is really so sad
People shouldn't judge the things that you do
Whether it is negative, false or true
I'm a self-harmer and not because I was mad
Even though some things I did were pretty bad
There were no consequences just all this pain
That feeling of the razor slicing through my vein
It gave me great pleasure and so much relief
Releasing that pressure, was it a belief
Self-harm was like an addiction, it was my drug
I had no self-esteem, I was just a thug
What people didn't understand is there is a real cause
Instead they just walk by the safe cell, laugh and applause
Humiliation I felt behind that closed door
With people watching me while I curled up on the floor
Cutting myself was the only way
It was my way of saying what I had to say

by Paul Marshall
copyright 2002
Reprinted with permission from "Scarred for Life"

 

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