Pantoum by Anna Kate Daunt (20, North Carolina)

[Content warning: self-harm, suicide ideation]

I am not yet dead but 
no one can save me from me
inching my way to eternity 
one small step at a time.

---

no one can save me from me, 
my therapist says 
take it one small step at a time. 
I draw a blade to my curls 

​my therapist says 
my judgment is the best it's ever been. 
I draw a blade to my curls, 
the force to end held up to my head
 
my judgment is the best it's ever been.
Inching my way to eternity,  
the force to end held up to my head.
but I am not yet dead.

​