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The Cutter
by Gretchen Bateman
Cutting away
the heart
slicing it up
dripping with life’s blood
soaking with warmth
the chilly Insomniac
nightly
Aching,
the leaky heart
craves the cutter
to loosely bandage
falsely whole yet again
Until
from the arsenal
the sharpest blade
Gleaming and Shiny and Jagged and Huge
meanders
in the heart’s current
Shocking it with electric
powerful Voltage
awakening blood
while the heart cries
begging for relief
the cutter cannot hear
cannot see
the Glistening Blade is blinding
his own screams of agony are deafening
the damaged heart stays alive
clinging, longing for the cutter
to heal
at once, the knives, dripping red
are twisted out
the heart can mend again
one day,
Perhaps
for now, the heart still aches
for the soothing words
of Love
the cutter's most powerful
weapon
The Cutter
by Gretchen Bateman
Cutting away
the heart
slicing it up
dripping with life’s blood
soaking with warmth
the chilly Insomniac
nightly
Aching,
the leaky heart
craves the cutter
to loosely bandage
falsely whole yet again
Until
from the arsenal
the sharpest blade
Gleaming and Shiny and Jagged and Huge
meanders
in the heart’s current
Shocking it with electric
powerful Voltage
awakening blood
while the heart cries
begging for relief
the cutter cannot hear
cannot see
the Glistening Blade is blinding
his own screams of agony are deafening
the damaged heart stays alive
clinging, longing for the cutter
to heal
at once, the knives, dripping red
are twisted out
the heart can mend again
one day,
Perhaps
for now, the heart still aches
for the soothing words
of Love
the cutter's most powerful
weapon
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