I Am

I am the punishment and the crime,
The law-giver and the law-breaker
Confusion and accusation
Clouded mind and clouded action:
Doing all that I do not realise.

Scarred inside and outside--
Bleeding unspoken words of hate
Spitting loathing deep within
Screaming frustration in deadly silence:
A statue punching invisible words.

Imprisoned for unseen crimes untold
Unreal as a fantasy dreamed in the dark
Bleeding, bleeding over all--
Knives for hatred, knives for pain:
I am the punishment and the crime