Simple Addiction
Scratching and tearing
watching the skin break
sometimes the blood will flow
All to relieve an ounce of pain
Long, red trails are evidence
hidden, but not too carefully
They know, people know
But don't understand
how pain can ease pain
How this simple addiction
is so hard to break.
Red lines to nowhere
with so many stories to tell
I crave for that release
of emotional to physical
to help me through the months,
the weeks, the days
until I don't need this anymore.

                  September 18, 2001
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