The Ravenous Razor Blade

By Deepika S B

In a dark room,

Filled with sadness and solitude,

It shone bright,

With silver light.

The ravenous Razor Blade,

Scrutinized my body, I let it invade.

Because for a long time,

I wanted to open up,

And I did

I cut opened, my veins...

I soothingly enjoyed the pain.

With my vermilion ink,

I became an unknown scarlet letter.

To crimson my dark world,

I traced my metatarsal arteries,

So that my thoughts, I could bury.

To me it was survival,

In the eyes of suicidal...

By Deepika S B