Dry Blood

No pulse
No flood
Just dry blood

I remember when it hurt
When the wound was open wide
When the silence felt like fire
Burning through the inside

Now it's just a faded line
Etched beneath the skin
I don't feel the damage
I just live within it

Dry blood on my hands
No stain left to defend
It doesn't ache anymore
It just never ends
Dry blood in my mouth
Nothing left to drown
I stopped feeling the cut
When it stopped bleeding out

Used to flinch at every word
Every fracture in the tone
Now the impact hits the surface
Never reaches bone

Maybe numb is just another
Way to survive
If it doesn't break the surface
Does it mean I'm still alive?

Dry blood on my hands
No stain left to defend
It doesn't ache anymore
It just never ends
Dry blood in my mouth
Nothing left to drown
I stopped feeling the cut
When it stopped bleeding out

If it never hurt
Did it ever heal?
If I don't react
Is it even real?

Dry blood on my hands
No stain left to defend
It doesn't ache anymore
It just never ends
Dry blood in my mouth
Nothing left to drown
I stopped feeling the cut–