She sits in her room
Tears fall down her cheeks
As she runs her fingers across the scars
They remind her of a time she lost control
The yelling continues in the other room
Their cruel words play over and over in her head
She'll never be good enough for them
She reaches into her hiding place
She pulls out her hold friend
The friend she hadnt needed in god knows how long
She sits on the bed holding the razor in her hand
Her life has come to this again
She slides the razor down her arm
Blood falls to the floor like tear drops
She thought she was over this
She thought she had beaten it
She thought everything was ok
She swore to
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Why do we spend hours dancing amongst pretty words?
And why do I insist as dressing up as this person,
To perform to the rest of the world,
So the applause will ring in my ears long after the lights cut out.
I ask you, what does it matter, when a thousand faces are shining with tears,
If one imperfection should fall upon your own?
And after ten scratches on each arm have healed,
That's still twenty secrets the world is better off without.
So deep breaths prevent my heart from jumping out of my chest.
Still I try so hard to make you smile, and laugh.
But isn't it better to receive a blank expression, the echo of silence,
An
S omeday I'll finally figure out the reason for your
L ies and rumors, spreading like liquid fire
U nder the earth's core. Someday I'll find
T hat reason why the only name you know me by is
SLUT.