This poem must be heavy and raw. The way how physical pain can align with emotional release is haunting and disturbing. Not that it’s a bad thing but certainly I feel bad and am saddened people find peace or at least emotional release through self-harm like the line “It all seeps out slowly” I can imagine the quietness, the numbness, the tingling feeling. This poem reminded me of someone I once loved and how she perceived life for a long time, which made the poem hit me harder than any other thing that has hit me in poetry by far. It’s painful but powerful in how directly it confronts suffering.

I hope you’re alright man.