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Slash

March 4, 2013
By AerynK SILVER, San Diego, California
AerynK SILVER, San Diego, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Not all those who wander are lost".
- Tolkien


He loves me.
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He loves me not.
slash
He loves me.
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He loves me not.
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It’s dripping. Huh. It’s satisfying. At least I’m doing something right.
It doesn’t matter what they say. They can’t do anything. Nothing.
It’s not like they care, anyway.
And her. She asks me why, why am I doing this?
Hah. Like she doesn’t know. It’s not her fault, is it?
Is it?
No. Not hers. It’s his. Only his.
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No, don’t cry. Stop crying, b****.
SLASH
Ow. That one stung.
Next side.
Stop, he says. Stop.
Make Me.
Please stop.
I can’t.
slash.
Stop.
slash.
Please.
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Stop…
Still dripping. Dripping, sliding down, pooling. Sliding off the bed, slipping to the floor. Drip, drip, drip, rain off a tree.
Hmmm… trees. I like trees…. Maybe I can go outside and play with them…
No. finish. Finish and then play.
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But I can’t if I finish I leave them, never see them again, by themselves, see? Want to play…
NO. can’t stop.
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But I want to… heyy door is opening… how can door open?
“MARY!”
Finish. Finish now!!!!
“oh god oh god its all over the floor…”
“call an ambulance!!!”
“Nooo… momdontimalmostdone”
There. Finished. Happy now?
“we’re losing her oh please god no”!


The author's comments:
this is based on my cutting experiences, and on other aspects of my life. thankfully, it never got this far, but I will always have scars.
*Note: italics have been taken out.

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on Mar. 9 2013 at 8:19 pm
monochromatic BRONZE, Alexandria, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
C. S. Lewis

wow, it's very captivating, and it reveals whats happening instead of saying it outright, which I like :)