Blue Crayon
Blue Crayon is a collection of poetry and prose about mental health and endurance. Rowen Ingrid Parker explores the themes of love, emotional battles and survival in this moving and powerful collection of poems.
I told her that when I feel like self-harming
instead of scratching myself
with my nails or paperclips
I like to run a blue crayon across my skin
she smiled a small smile
because she thought that I had found a way to stop
but when I told her that my scars
were the crayon’s doing
she lowered her head
and cried
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