Razor Blades and Band-Aids

reasons i write

Razor Blades and Band-Aids

By: Nick Workman

 

If I unravled this notebook, my life would be empty.

I don’t write for you to look, I do it to be happy.

My pen bleeds my heart onto blank sheets of stationary.

Some people call this art, but I’ve just got a lot of weight to carry.

My chest and soul are on fire, and without this I can’t breathe.

But my problems are what inspire this heartaching release.

My past is full of shadows imparing what I could see.

Now, instead of lead or follow, I try to just be me.

If I get looked at funny, I know it’s just because they’re clueless.

No one will ever take this from me; just stare and wonder why I do this.

What I have done has formed who I am.

What I have become, you can see, is not a sham.

Every word you read, you witness my escape.

Take in all you need; experience my lonely fate.

Reviews

[Calypso]

I love the line 'My pen bleeds my heart onto blank sheets of stationary'. Writing is art and art is life.
plur (peace, love unity and repest),
Calypso

[r]

nice.... deff feel ya on that one