Handle With Care Poem by Anna Maria Louisa Deyzel

It’s shiny
It’s steel
It’s sharp

Handle with care
It’s my protection
I love it

My blade looks after me
It makes me feel better
It makes me forget

When it touches my skin
Sniffers run down my spine
I’m scared

But wait it makes all seem normal
It makes you feel happy

Then you see the fluid of life
Then you feel alive

The urge
To go deeper
To feel more alive

It’s all that helps
To feel the adrenaline
To feel more alive

I love my partner

But why do people think I’m crazy
Why do they look at me different?

I’m normal
I have a broken heart like all

Why do they say it’s a sin?
Why do they think I’m suicidal?

If you can’t talk
If you don’t have a voice
If you are told to keep quiet

It’s the only why
It helps me

I love my partner