So deep and powerful! I could feel the pain throughout this poem! Brought tears to my eyes....

Good work!

"Pouring salt on
an open wound,
digging deep
a buried pain."

A smashing way to open a poem. You immediately gave the poem life and feeling

"Reminding of
a lingering ache,
scattering the pieces
of a broken heart."

This was the bit that really pulled at my hreat strings. I felt a higher connection to this stanza.

"Abducting the soul
from its beholder,
depriving the chance
of one last breath."

The final stanza was so well put that I am sure many people who are going through a rough period right now will relate to it.

I am going to vote for this in the contest

5/5

According to stoichiometric ratios,

your wording = your images = your atmosphere of sadness = your tight structure = PERFECT.

;)

Short but dynamic. A well penned write. Keep it up I really enjoy your work

Really good work. You fit alot of painful emotion in a very small space. I dont think the title matches very well though.

Short and powerfull
a very well put together piece

i liked your choice of words for this
i feel your pain

5/5 from me

Wow I love this poem! It was dark, deep, yet so intriguing. I felt the pain, especially of the open wound... and it was an amazing piece. Well-written and powerful my friend!! =)

It doesn't get darker than this now, does it?
the opener reminded me of a song by BB called Breath, Although pour salt into the open wound
helps it heal faster =-) burns more but sure heals faster <3
nominated once i get my voices back
no bet.