Expression Through Depression: Poetry Expressing a Self-Harmers Thoughts and Feelings

What does it mean to feel?
You don’t know..No one knows
To feel is pain as pain is to feel
To feel alive..To feel real.

What does it mean to understand?
You don’t know..You don’t care
All I want is for someone to understand.
Really understand. Take my hand and
tell me that everything will be ok.

What does it mean to care?
You don’t know..No one knows
To care is to make someone feel as
though they are the centre of your world.

What does it mean to be alive?
You don’t know..You don’t care
To be alive is to survive.
To survive is to be alive.
When all is lost and all is dead..
I cut to feel alive..Enough said.

What does it mean to bleed?
You don’t know..No one knows
To bleed is to breathe..To bleed is
to believe..

What does it mean to feel?
You don’t know..You don’t care
To feel is pain as pain is to feel
To feel alive..To feel real..