poem by a 15 year old cutter named Janette
She looks at her scars
and remembers how
they came about
What made it come
on her skin? All the cuts
were covering her body
In each scar there is a painful
memory hidden in it
A memory she dreadfully wants
to forget. Her feelings at the
moment as each one happened
were unexplainable
She tries to remember what monster
caused thosed scars only to
realize she had made them
And the girl is I...
By Janette age 15
I welcome the contributions of others who self-harm or have done so in the past. Send us your writing, or arrange to send us your art or music by e-mailing RAZOR at zanne@cea.edu
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Check out SCAR, a zine on the
subject of scars and self-harm. The content of these pages may contain "triggering" material. |
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to CUTTERS, a
page on the subject of people who self-harm. The content of these pages may contain "triggering" material. |
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to The History of Child Abuse |
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Contents Under Pressure Razor's writing about experiences she had during a 13 year bout with DSH and five times she was institutionalized. |
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to Leap Frogge Leap was locked up in mental institutions when she was a kid. Leap refers to them as "the Institutes." |