ruby red

Sometimes heartache is so intense that it’s not enough just to feel internally

Sometimes we need something of a more physical nature to really understand it, to control it.

Pick up a blade, feel the cool smooth surface as you hold it in your hands. It’s strangely soothing as you let the violent edge glide over your skin, wondering where to make your mark

In quiet contemplation you wonder how deep that first cut will be – how pale smooth skin will become ravaged ruby red… how many incisions will it take for your heart to heal?