-This featured poem gives insight of a person fully aware of and coping with the self-harm condition. Self-harm or self-injury is a serious issue affecting a variety of individuals: from adolescents to seniors, males and females, people from all races and nationalities and persons of different classes. A self-harm act is physical, often involving cutting and/or burning and is based from emotional distress and mental disorders , such as anger and depression. This selection is by no means condoning self-harm, merely a kind of poetic case-examination. –
 
How I Love The Burn (Merrily Marred) Lyrics
Went so far
but not enough
went deeper
hit it rough
Shades of red
flush the flesh
My wicked
has no rest
Soothe the pigment
in the scolding water drawn
With full intent
I open myself raw
How I love the burn
and your stomach starts to churn
How I love the burn
Sit right down and you will learn
why I don’t lament
the blistering and scars
They’re no accidents
I am merrily marred.
I do onto me
what they had done to me
Apple fallen from the tree
In my mama’s eyes
in my daddy’s eyes
It is no surprise, no surprise
How I love the burn
and your stomach churns and churns
How I love the burn
Maybe one day I will learn
to relieve the pain
without harm and shame to the pore
I am not insane
simply coping to the core
God forgive me evermore…
MarinArena 
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