TW SELF HARM

when you’re depressed
you become a waterfall 
everything runs off you –
inspirational quotes, coffee dates with friends, rom com movies, a lyric to a song -

it isn’t material, but
chemical 

to stop yourself from running
loved one’s down 
with spiteful words 

and cutting your arm open 
with a blade 

to let out the venom 

wait it out –

sleep, cry, stay bundled up, 

you’re ill, 

take your time. 


Kate ©