Saturday, January 29, 2011

Scars

We all have them
In different places.
Maybe we don’t remember when
We got them.
Mystery bruises
That appeared the next day,
Even though it really didn’t hurt.
A nick here or there,
Paper cuts
And other annoying things
Faded by time.

But I have a wound
That is no mystery.
I remember clearly when it came.
The time was hard,
The hardest I’ve ever known.
And this scar,
It hurts to touch it even still.
I wince whenever I see it,
And the pain stabs my heart.
But I fear that over time
The pain
Will begin to fade,
Leaving only a tough, callused scar,
And I will lose all feeling.

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