They Tell Me Poem by Tonya Kincheloe

They tell me I have to feel something.
But I feel nothing.
They tell me I have to show emotion.
But I have no emotion left to show.
They tell me i have to stop fighting...
Stop fighting the pain.
But I don't feel it.
I am numb to this pain.
They tell me I should cry.
But I have no more tears to shed.
They tell me I have to stop cutting.
But I can't let go of the knife.
They tell me I will die.
And all I say is.....
'Let death come upon me.'