No Name. Poem by Ann Thrope

my screams erupt and echo
throughout my house,
no one is listening,
no one gives a damn.
with each scream
i add another cut,
another slice up my arm.
with each cut
i fade a little more.
i am drowning in my own blood.
no one comes.
i am screaming
but fading fast.
my sobs echo off the tile walls
and the blood is everywhere.
it fills my mouth,
my lungs.
i am choking on screams and blood.
no one can hear me.
i am dying.
and i quit screaming.
and i smile,
this is all that i wanted.