Return to the Violent Mind

I am my own
razor-blade dream.
Slicing.
Stripes of bleeding dark
across my life.
And I know it’s deadly.
Dangerous.
But it’s automatic.
Some semi-conscious suicidal impulse.
With manifestations so bizarre.
They appear almost beautiful.
Completely tragic.
I will adore them.
Straight to my end.

A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published four collections of poetry: The Difference Between Shadows and Stars, Carrying Yesterday, Cognitive Distortion, and . . . And Other Such Nonsense.. She has also published her work in national and international literary journals such as Avon Literary Intelligencer, Writer’s Gazette, and The Penwood Review. Find more about A.J. Huffman, including additional information and links to her work at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000191382454 and https://twitter.com/#!/poetess222.

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