Scars

A scar to hide

What we really feel

A scar that takes

Forever to heal

A scar that shows

That no one cares

A scar is revealed

As the skin tears

 

A scar that is left

By an angry word

When a demeaning

Insult is heard

Silence reamins

After they've fled

"It was just a joke

I didn't mean what i said"

 

The scar that is on

A young girl's face

Shows that this world

Is such a cruel place

The marks and the bruising

Was all she'd known

As she wears the scars

From a place called home

 

A scar that is etched

On the face of a nation

As again we are raising

A lost generation

Who hurt and maim

With a gun or a knife

The scars run deep 

But I guess that's life

 

A scar that now speaks

On how life has been 

No one will notice

A blemish on skin

A scar that is opened 

Time after time

The scar we carry

As a visible sign

 

The scars that I carried

That the world didn't see

Were rooted and deep 

Part of me 

These scars were removed 

True feelings revealed 

No scars on me 

Totally healed  

Reviews

[Angel Bird]

This piece has an enormous depth, and it carries along a very deep wound in the soul. Your write says much more than the few words it contains. It's a fabulous job, when the reader pictures scenes and feels the hurt while reading, and you did perfectly here.

Oh yes you are so right - scars on the soul need much more than a simple "I'm sorry ...", and it needs people who really care, to see the invisible scars in the first place. There'd be so much to say about this topic so I better not start.

The last paragraph of course is my favorite for the happy ending.
Great work!

[Midnight Shadow]

Wonderfully written, with such poignant and resonating stanzas. The flow is steady and stable, and the sentiments are heartbreaking and true. Brilliantly done.

[justjenn_2u]

Emotional and physical scars cut so deep that it seems they will never go away. I now see scars as a symbol of strength, as I do in this poem.

[DiamondNRough AKA Patty..]

Awsome as usual...I like how you took different aspects of a scar and wrote about each of them and their effects.