Addiction

It's an addiction
It consumes everything you have
The voices in your head saying, "Cut"

Other people don't understand
You do this because you want to feel alive
Not because you want to be dead

They don't get
That this isn't something that's easily controllable
It takes the world and more not to

The beautiful scars it leaves behind
Reminding you
That you were truly hurting

The memories held inside each cut
You were so numb
That it was the only thing that brought you life
It made you feel something