Beauitful. Sab,solem,and short. Amazing.

'each letter was laced with nitroglycerin as i' I love that line. I think out of all your really short ones this is one of the bests.

"covering my pain and the shame of the scars across my body"

That line is beautiful such an amazing piece you used a creative word;nitroglycerin I havent heard that word used in poetry before and you pulled it off nicely.

Excellent work! Keep writing!

Oh, wow.I can relate to this. If someone asks why I do it, I don't tell them why, but... sometimes it slips is beautiful. Definite fav.

I hope you feel better.

just how personal you can dare to be is amazing. love the poem, too, & the way the brackets don't just bring a different perspective but make it a completely different poem. lovely when read either way, though, & simple but polished nicely in that really natural it-just-came-out-like-that way.

kait

i love the honesty in this. great job, it really worked and the parenthesis was gd. nice job!

Very intense. One question: is the "your" supposed to refer to your step-mom as well? When my mom found out, I wouldn't speak a word about it to her. Only when we were having one of those common fights did I scream at her why. And of course, it was her. / "I know, I know, it's all my fault." But whatever. I really really enjoyed this. There's absolutely nothing like a poem you can relate to like this. Magnificent.

marie

PS: I hope you find yourself happier, too. :)

I liked it. I enjoyed the short length and I liked the descriptiveness of it. Great job.