Carved messages.

I carve mandalas and intricate patterns all over me

Patterns of anger and upset but I feel little pain

It is not for lack of paper that I carve this writing into me

I am also despite what others think not insane

Where else is better to write your story but on yourself?

Whoever sees me can read my stories and view my art

Life’s experience have harmed my mental health

I am suffering from a broken heart

So when I take up my knife and feel the cut

I am trying to communicate I am and have been hurt.