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Hot Iron
August 22, 2014
White hot pain sears through my body
I want it to stop but at the same time press down relentlessly
It's so unbearable I start to spasm uncontrollably
I wait for each piercing sting to dull before I move on
Once in a new spot the prior pain dissipates, as though never in existence
And then just when I think I cannot stop
I'm done.
© Katherine A., San Antonio, TX
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A poem about someone self-harming; specifically, burning themselves. Written December 17, 2013.