A blade hums softly, its coldness a cruel comfort, tracing the lines of my body like forgotten stories no one asked to hear. Blood rises, not with a cry, but quietly, as if it knows how to be both the wound and the silence that follows. It holds things, things that don’t belong to the world- secrets too sharp to speak, too heavy to carry. The pain doesn’t shout; it settles deep, a weight that’s become so familiar I mistake it for part of me. It hides behind my eyes, beneath the surface, in the places no one can see or touch. And somewhere in that hidden place, a word lingers- whore. It wraps around me like a chain, tightening, suffocating.
I look in the mirror and see a fractured face, pieces of me scattered and dull, each reflection more distorted than the last. I bleed in silence, though the tears don’t fall. I scream inside, but the world hears nothing.