Flesh carved not of creation <br />Nor of accidental occurrence <br />An act of aggression, release <br />Confirms self control's reassurance <br /> <br />Slicing through emotions skin <br />Scarred of previous, painless dance <br />Fearlessly unleashing blood dropp tears <br />Razor ritual, symbolic performance <br /> <br />Exposed in one's own solitude <br />Long sleeve shirts, disguise the cry <br />Hideous cravings for carving <br />Such a strength, without deny <br /> <br />One cut, two cut, a sighed exhale <br />Blade begging for more <br />Third and fourth cut, deeper yet <br />Shed blood designs the floor <br /> <br />Euphoric high barely comprehensible <br />Satisfaction fed and bled <br />Clotting, scabbing secrets <br />Insatiable desires, dripping red <br /> <br />An artist of skin scratching <br />Torment's tattoo, forever maimed <br />Self designed on body canvas <br />A work of art remains unnamed<br /><br />Wendy Bureau<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/art-of-no-name/
