Pen to Paper, Not Knife to Skin

Put pen to paper, and not knife to skin
Words written to savour, engrave the dead wood.
Don't let yourself bleed, let paper bleed verses,
But in ink, and not in blood,
Let the words define your purpose.

Write, and let it out.
Be rain, and not the cloud.
Don't hold it in and keep it within.
Let it flow, and pour in words,
On paper, and not skin.

Put pen to paper, engrave the dead wood.
Don't write to favour anybody but yourself -
Words written to savour, better than knife to skin.
Let not your skin bleed, let verses instead.