POETRY

Haunted Mask
Emma Poole

TRIGGER WARNING: GRAPHIC SELF-HARM

I come from the shadows
I come from the dark.
You may already know
How I made my mark.
I come unexpectedly
To ruin daily life,
Effects being rudely
Stabbed in with a knife.
I feast you with shit,
Doubtful and worthless.
Tears and anxiety hit
Flooded with hopeless.
I drown your brain

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With thoughts of harm.
Overwhelm your mind
Urging to burn your arm.
I laugh at you happily
To try and push me away,
Medication and therapy
Hope to keep me at bay.
I fight so strong,
You’re overcome
After hiding so long
You see me.
I came from the shadows
I came from the dark,
You understand now
Why I made my mark.

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