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You have a secret

That you don’t want

Anyone to see.

You cover your arms

By wearing long sleeves.

But when someone

Accidentally sees your arms

Because your sleeves

Accidentally moved up,

You try to cover up

The real reason why

With an excusable lie,

Or you just say “don’t worry about it.”



You feel no one will understand

Why you do this,

Unless they went through this

Or something similar to this.



You keep doing this

Because you feel

That this is

The only thing

That can’t be taken

Away from you.



You end up getting counselling.

You still keep doing the same thing,

Even though you have a list

Of healthy things

That you could do instead

Of physically hurting yourself,

With leaving scars.