seventeen, i was
seventeen, when i met you
seventeen times you
broke my heart

seventeen stab wounds
seventeen, a prime number
perfect conclusion
seventeen

seventeen years since
i tried to leave here, but you
nailed me down with knives
and bled me

seventeen dreams each
night, then i wake up always
and forever, still
seventeen

In case anyone has had a common sense bypass, the blood and gore effects in this are created with MAKE-UP and are NOT REAL. Obviously. If you want to make your own gory face, the materials used here are:

Texture on and around lips: Make-up International Liquid Latex
Nosebleed and blood on mouth and cheek: Kryolan Fresh Scratch Blood Effect
Skin tone and shading: Ben Nye Death Wheel
Blood in eye: Kryolan Eye Blood

Sometimes it's fun to play with make-up and imagine troubled spirits and the source of their discontent. It's strangely therapeutic. The lighting is from a flashgun on the hotshoe. The face in the picture is mine. As much as it's driving me crazy not being well enough to work in the studio or be involved in photoshoots with other people at the moment, I am really enjoying using limited kit and shooting at home while the cats give me strange looks.