Cutting

You asked me to stop cutting.
Don’t you understand?
Talking doesn’t help.
Yeah, I show up to school with cuts and scars.
But you must, you have to, understand why,
I do what I do.

It’s not some fad.
I’m not looking for attention.
I’m not doing it because everyone else is.
Nor am I doing it because I think it’s cool.
I do it because I don’t know how.
How to stop the pain...