Battle scars

I bottle pain like I breathe air
Without a second thought
And never let them see you cry
If they're the ones at fault
Has been my lifetime mantra
For as long as I recall
And I might bleed when I hit bottom
But won't tell who made me fall
If you're close enough to hurt me
If I've let you in that far
Then I can only blame myself
For my soul's new battle scars.

Author's Note

Hope you like it

Reviews

[DIVYA]

Dear Andra, reading this I can feel how strong you are and how gifted with poetry. It'll help you along the roughest times. You really know how to write. Awesome!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

secrets we will take to the grave...
we either don't want to give credit or we don't want to admit we fell for their lines.
j.

[Andra Davis]

Thank you for reviewing 😊

[Richard🖌]

We learn as we live what we're willing to endure to have what we want and need … or, what we think we do. 🙄

Welcome to the Café, Andra 🌸
I love it that you bring rhyming poetry packed with your pen 'n ink. Too, how beautifully you've utilized the a/b/c/b Ballad format to lay creative metaphor, smooth/easy flowing lines, vivid imagery, and deep emotion upon the page.
I'd not want to make myself unwelcome, Ma'am … still, I'd like to lend a hand when and where I'm allowed. Couple'a helpful hints: Separate your Quatrains into 4-line verses to avoid that jumbled/run-on feel, and in the final line, make it "For my soul's new battle scar" to rhyme with "If I've let you in that far" … we'll already know you mean "scars" and respect you for the spot-on rhyme.
BTW, your final 4-lines are my favorite verse … along with all the rest, of course. : )
As Alfred, Lord Tennyson shared, "It is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all."
Love comes with no promises; so, pain and heartache are always a chance we take for the glorious wonders our hearts cannot resist. - Richard Jenkins … LOL!

Thank you for sharing, Andra, and again, a warm welcome again to the Café! ⁓ Richard🖌

[Thomas W Case]

Powerful emotion. Great work.

[Chris]

Well, it's real. Life as we live it is seldom as we want it.

Puts a value and cost on loneliness too.

[emmajoygreen]

Life happens like that.. sometimes attack from more than one side... you obviously know the feeling!
Writing helps. Say it how it is - in better English than mine! Welcome to the Cafe and Agony Column!

[Andra Davis]

My English wasn't too good in school or later.
It seems like a nice an happy place.
Agony Column too good. :)
Thank you for welcoming me. :))