I Thought It Was Okay

by schmetterling   Jul 10, 2013


The addicting relief it brought me
I will never forget
But I should never miss it
No matter how much I want to.
It took the life out of me
When I thought it was giving me more
It hurt me
More than it helped.
It was a negative coping mechanism
It hurt everyone around me
But it hurt me the absolute most.
There's something about cutting
So addicting
It's like all bad things are addicting
But back then I didn't think it was so bad
I thought it was normal for me.
I thought I deserved this
That I brought it upon myself
Something I could finally fix
Something that could show people I'm really in pain.
Cutting is such a deadly thing
You go too deep and you're gone
You hit a vein YOU'RE GONE
It gets infected and you could probably go from that too.
I will never forget this period of my life
It had the greatest impact on me
It will forever haunt me
But I guess things have to get really bad
For you to realize how much you need help.
I'm glad someone finally noticed
Now I can finally get better.
I thank each and every person
Who cared about me through this time
I'm glad that they're here
They help me want to never give up
They help me want to be here.

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  • 11 years ago

    by Kate

    This reads a lot like a story and I think it really helps get the point across.

    I like how in the beginning you don't exactly say what it is, the addiction. You list the addicting qualities and paint it out to be quite bad and it really sets up the rest of the poem/story.

    Then I like the way you work it into a personal story. It really enhances the idea that it is bad because you give an experience that you've been through and really tie in all of those previously said bad parts of doing it, add a story and it works nicely.

    My favorite lines:

    "But I guess things have to get really bad
    For you to realize how much you need help."

    ^^^ so true and it also fits nicely into the theme. You can't see the light until you're in the dark. It doesn't seem as important. But it also shows how strong you are to be able to notice that you need help and to want that help.

    I like it.

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