There’s a girl
She doesn’t know how to handle things
Everything is spiraling out of control
Sometimes she can convince herself
She’s not really alive
Maybe she’s in a nightmare
… And she just can’t wake up?
You would never guess her secret If
You knew her
She hides it so well
She seems so happy
Do you want to know the secret?
She cuts herself
She doesn’t know why
And she doesn’t understand why
She resolved to it
But one thing she does know…
She can’t stop
But why?
When she feels out of control
Overwhelmed with emotion
Cutting helps her calm down
And able to think
But at the same time
When she feels so numb
Empty…
Cutting helps her feel alive
Even for a minute
She didn’t have an easy childhood
There were always arguments….
Always giving….
…Never receiving
And she never felt good enough
…important enough
Who would care if I self-harm?
Everyone’s better off without me
That’s what she told herself each day
She was everything
She despised
Sometimes she would
Sit in her room crying…
A razor blade in her hands
At the ready
Hearing the laughter from
Downstairs…
She’d never felt
More alone…
… And yet no one
Noticed?
She just wanted a hug…
Someone to love her
And tell her everything’s going to
Be okay….
And that they care
So why didn’t they?
Sometimes she thought about
Dying…
Just taking a load of pills
And ending everything
She would never do it
But sometimes she really wanted too
Who would care after all… right?
She was only 12
A lonely and misunderstood girl
By the time she was 13
Her body was covered in scars and cuts…
She just wanted to be loved
Was that too much to ask?
She always tried to be everyone else’s
Idea of perfect.
That she completely lost who she was
She lied to her friends and family
Just so she wouldn’t see the tears of
Disappointment in
Their eyes
She wanted someone to understand
To care…
But it didn’t happen
Who knows if she ever escaped from self-harm?
Who knows if anyone ever cared for her?
One day, you might even realize
You’ve known her all along
The bubbly girl who tells you
Her cat scratched her
…could be hiding it
All under a smile
She wants someone
Needs someone
There’s a girl
Do you want to know her secret?
She self-harms
So help her
Cause that’s all she want…
Needs…
Can you guess who she is?
~NEMO
