Difference

Is there a difference between

cuts and scratches?

What about

purple and violet?

When my heart weeps,

must I always bleed?

Hey, I do have strength!

(not to give it length.)

While the birds begin to chirp,

the worms know to

dig down deep, in the dirt.

And

When the coy dog begins to howl,

the rabbits know not to prowl.

But what does one do

when the one with,

the knife

is you…