This is a hard message to stomach. Usually I don’t enjoy any kind of writing that sounds so dire, so hopeless. But with your poem, despite how horrible this situation sounds, your writing is very strong & powerful. If only the person feeling this way (stated in poem) could understand the self-worth these words convey (artfully gut-wrenching description of feelings). I’m very familiar with the desire to be left alone. I’ve been a fierce loner all my 62 years. I hope the aloneness you write about is a healing place, not an act of being castigated away like punishment (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie
"Some still are infected,/and others reek of death." I like that line. It goes beyond the fact that they're just faded scars, the pain is still alive and working its bitter way. Well written.
I write from my heart, soul and mind. Sharing both past and present trials, that I have faced and or am facing. I believe strongly in God and the Bible, yet I respect everyone's views. I myself am no.. more..