Knives

I'm looking to you to help me dress the wounds 

you've caused, or at least reopened. 

Why do we look to razors to stop the bleeding, 

paper to undo the cuts, 

people who have hurt us to heal us? 

We give our power away, 

so it only feels fair for them to make amends.

We look to the creator of this pain to transmute it 

because we trust that they are an alchemist.

But we must know that knives 

are not receiving blankets 

despite both being found in a home.