How Lines Formed A Name

There was a boy who liked lines...

He had this fascination

for lines:

geometry, angles--

anything, that had to do

with lines.

 

He loved how each

came together to form

a shape.

How a circle was

angle-less.

 

He was a little boy,

drawing shapes.

He never did stop

drawing shapes--

watching

 

every line as it

came together to form

something more.

 

He hasn’t stopped

drawing--but maybe

he has changed

what he uses to draw

and where

he does.

 

He has this fascination

for lines.

The way the lines

came together

on his skin

 

and formed her bleeding name.

 

Author's Note

I have friends who cut, and it made me wonder how they became that way--hence the "fascination with lines" idea.

The last few stanzas are just to add and finish the poem. Especially the name part, because most people are supposedly hurt from loving someone.

Reviews

[Legolas]

I cut. This is an amazing piece of art. Very powerful and evoked alot of emotion in me

[...]

. it's saddening to see people succumb ... and i think the reason is that they don't get the support they need ... their support system is inadequate ... i have known some pretty excruciating times ... this apparently simple piece of poetry is extremely powerful ...

[Circe]

a tragic story, the more I read the feeling of dread crept further up my body and to the top of my throat, this was a dark, gripping write, a very accomplished piece and I like how the cutter is male, a lot of times people believe the problem is more prevalent in females because of self esteem and image issues but you have brought to attention the issue from a new light, well done.

[Harmonica winds]

quite intriguing and interesting, I don't understand why people want to do this to themselves. It's sad.

[Black Hole Halo]

I knew a girl who cut herself one, she said she did it because it made her feel better, she said it took the pain from inside and put it outside, where she could more readily deal with it. I liked your write, thank you for sharing.

[Lydia]

Interesting.