Another Day Poem by Faet Luate

It is another day.
Another day of pain.
Another day of darkness.
They tell me I can stop,
They tell me they care.
I know I cannot,
And I know they do not.
I cover the truth with lies,
I avoid the truth with distractions.
What I know and what they know are different.
But what I see and they see are the same.
But I KNOW the cause of my pain. They do not.
I see cuts and blood, as do they.
How they got there, only I know.
Why it happened, only I know.
Another cut for the pain I have caused.
Another scar to remember the hate.
My pain is less than what I have brought my friends and family.
Another day over.
Another night to come.