Carve

What would it feel like to carve myself into something that wouldn’t hurt so much?

Could I slip the knife between my ribs and pull out what makes me hurt?

Is there some way to extract the anguish from my blood so it doesn’t fog up my body?

The slickness of blood against the softness of flesh would make my skin prickle and I wouldn’t even think of it as pain because I would be free from it all.

But then you would be here. Alone.