"DREAMING"

II. Papercuts

Elria

OH HOW HER fingers sting and burn. The blood
collecting itself  in one of the little slits but not dripping,
staining her
paperthin skin.
Little flames
came out fo the wound burning everything touching it

But why does it hurt so much?

It was unknown
But soon
Constellations and stars poured
out of it like
a flood upon a beach

Yet this little wound
   was nothing
     compared to
       the pain in
          her heart
            that gnawing
               her nightmares
                 clawing at her
                    baring their teeth
                       sinking them in
                          their claws
                             ripping
                                 tearing

But why does it hurt so much?

Maybe because she
was sitting on
a cliff
staring down at
the sea
with a book
made out of
old paper
cutting her
hands
where her daddy
had jumped
a lump formed
in her throat
it ended
up in
her stomach
her heart turned stone

Daddy? How do you do now?

She took
two steps back
because with
a heavy heart
she will sink
if she goes
into her
memories
any further

Daddy? Why did you leave me with this book?
Are you happy? Feeling good? How does it feel to bear a heavy heart?
To feel the papercuts tearing up your heart?
DADDY ARE YOU HAPPY ?
WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME AND MOM?
WHY DID YOU CHEAT ON HER?
WHY ARE YOU SO GREEDY?
WAS IT WORTH IT TO JUMP FROM THERE?

Why were you so silly?

But she realised
that her daddy
was the
most in pain
because he
had the deepest
Papercuts

[alternatively named "he, who haunts me"]

*yo. How ya'll doin'? Sorry for being inactive for a while but I was kinda busy. *