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Cutting at Midnight


My veins are lookin' real beautiful tonight

I think as I cut through my skin

I could end it all tonight

it could be over by midnight

I think as I cut through my skin

The thoughts are getting louder as the nights pass by

I'm getting more tempted, to just forever sleep

I could stay here forever

End it all here

Why am I still holding on?

It is four twenty-five, on a wednesday night

I restarted my counter again

The longest it's been in a while

Self-harm free for four days, turns into 94 seconds

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