i’ve heard putting off a cigarette on your naked flesh

is the most painful self-inflicted wound you can cause

but they seem clueless about their words

when there are things in life you light up

that are harder to put off

and wounds aren’t just wounds

they stay scars

and scars aren’t just scars

when its somebody else’s named carved on your skin

there are feelings that burn more than fire

there are marks that stain us forever

there are things in life that are harder to put off