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Do We Bleed The Same?

by | Aug 1, 2022

Sometimes I wonder
Do we bleed the same
My cuts seem to hurt more
My cuts seem to stay

You say that you bleed
That you feel the same way
But don’t show any hint
No thread and no fray

All blood is red
But it’s not the same hue
Feels like I’m bleeding forever,
When I’m thinking of you

But for you, it’s like nothing
Do you feel it at all
How can we bleed the same,
If your cuts are so small

Clothes stained in red,
I’m up in a ball
But you seem just fine
Walking so tall

It leaves me to wonder
Were we even real
How do you love
Without needing to feel?

You seem numb to the pain
While I’m dying inside
Bleeding and bleeding
Blood I can’t hide

I felt I was searching
Impossible to find
I guess that’s just it,
That’s why love is blind

Now I just bleed
One day at a time
If we bleed the same,
Then how are you fine?

It’s all normal to you
Relax and unwind
Meantime I’m stirring
And losing my mind

Down deep inside
I know and I feel
Nothing is permanent
Nothing is real

I knew it would come
But this cut is deep
I’m bleeding to death
While you’re dead asleep

I’m scarred, and I’m torn
My heart’s losing it’s trust
Until it’s just me and myself
The road and the dust

Hurt yet I walk
While I bleed and I bleed
We’re not bleeding the same
I’m tied and you’re freed

But I’ll find a cure
I’m here to be found
Or I’ll just walk to the day
In my blood I’ll drown

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