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I am a scar, decorating
her left wrist,
I’m fading now, not to be
missed.
I was made one sleepless
night,
When she finally gave up
the fight.
With many monsters
screaming in her bed,
As she lay turning atop
her bed.
When self loathe overtook
her mind,
And people were no longer
kind.
She told her friends she
didn’t cut,
But never acknowledged
the unsaid “but.”
A razor didn’t make me,
her fingernails did,
In a last chance,
desperate, gambling bid.
To end the pain, to end
the night,
To finally walk within
the light.
Red lines on pale wrists
rapidly fade,
Almost as quickly as they
are made.
To her surprise, one red
line began to bleed,
A soft bubble of blood, a
ruby red bead.
Thank goodness she always
wore a long sleeved shirt,
Thank goodness that she
could bear the hurt.
Blame it on a dog or a
non-existent cat,
Who knew she was capable
of a lie so fat.
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Greetings, Bilu!
I'm going to get right into this piece.
Hm, I think you meant head here? And if you did actually mean bed, you use it again in the next line as well, so that may not be the best choice.
I think you would have to use "loathing" here instead of loathe. If you want something to be the same number of syllables, then I suggest hate instead.
I think having the "but" at the beginning of the line takes away from it a little bit. I would use "and" here instead, because it seems to fit in fine.
I might change this to "a bright ruby bead" to avoid the repetition of red. I think the use of the word ruby is powerful enough, and you already used the word red in the last line.
This sounds a little off, so maybe I would take the "always" out. If not, you could change it to someone like this: "She made sure she always wore her sleeves long/long sleeved shirts". I'm not sure, but it seems to fit a little bit better.
I think you should maybe replace "a dog" with "the dog", because I'm assuming that only the cat doesn't exist, so it's probably her dog. The dog seems to work better for that case.
It would really be nice if this line could end with a question mark. Not only is it a question, but you've been using commas and periods to end your lines each stanza thus far. A question mark would be a break at the end, something rather final, like it isn't meant to go on, a rhetorical question.
This, I thought, was a very interesting way of thinking. I usually think of death (I guess this is leading up to death/kind of focusing on self harm and things?) and harm as falling into the darkness, so it's neat that here it's displayed as light.
This is very moving overall, and you did a good job of setting a dark mood. I wasn't sure at first, but I actually really like the point of view of the scar. It's kind of objective, yet very personal to the narrator as well.
-Falconer
Wow. This poem is so powerful. You rhyme scheme is amazing, the structure is flawless and it flows really well. Great job. There is literally nothing I can say to improve on. Really well done. My favourite line was "in a last chance, desperate, gambling bid." although now looking at it more closely, maybe it would be better if you said "a desperate, gambling bid." I don't know... just an idea.
I also liked the progression throughout the poem - first almost like a flashback - how she got the scar - and then how she had to hide it. The last lines were amazing as well - so powerful.
I don't know if this was intentional, but I liked how although the poem progressed, everything was always left in the past tense - making the reader wonder what exactly has happened, and if has gone any further.
Although this has never happened to me, the emotion you conveyed through your language was so strong, I really liked it.
Well done!!!!
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