Healing Scars

In a day..

Scars
Scratches on open wounds which can never heal
An unexpected sight leading to an unprepared call
Distances between successive metro stations suddenly large
Impenetrable coffee shops
Unknown people whistle past
An occasional beautiful girl
A known face in an unknown shoe shop
What are the odds?
Apparent ageing
A dingy book shop hidden beneath the basement of a glamorous hotel
Rich with metaphors
And lots to steal from
And enough for a night to forget.

Heal
Unknown pastry shops offer a surprise magical coffee
Assurance of unbought cakes
Nuances of a known man in a sea of unknowns
Shy doctors with deeper issues and selective promises
Rare but common father-son moments
Over a known city, unknown emotions
Translations , better ones in thin wafery books
A phone call desired but never rang
A phone call not desired but somewhat half expected
Also never rang
Old photo albums with overtly defensive captions
Never meaning a damn thing.
Blatant show off, Words of unworthy praise for friend foes
Poems to seal it off
Porn to finally forget.

© Nothing Personal. January 12, 2011.

Reviews

[Meghan Rose]

this has a lovely contrast between scarring and healing, and the imagery placed me in the position of someone trying to get over a relationship or something along those lines. it evokes very well how one is continually haunted by these scars until we start to do something about them. well done.

[Emily B]

oh, this is the best thing I've read all day!

[riley marie]

absolutely brilliant.

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great structure ..two ends of the spectrum..well written

[Geralyn Miller]

Life has dealt some rough blows to the character in the poem. An intriguing mix of images, open to such varied interpatations. A poem to be read againj and again.

[Siddhartha]

A finely nuanced and balanced poem...One which puts together two contrarian perspectives and find the symbiosis in them...Fantastic...

[Richard Williams]

A fine analysis of the dichotomy of the wound and then the recovery. I like the two parts, both effective with the aloe of poetic aplomb.

[QC]

You always leave me wondering who you actually are, NP.

Fantastic, as always.

[Jeff]

Wonderful work here. You did a great job in showing both sides!

[Dushyant Thadani]

This poem was immensely interesting to read and the style of writing is brilliant. It showed the relation between 2 sides of scars and healing and how comparitively like both of them are. Great job

[George Love]

Excellent contrasting work. Great use of imagery here and it flows very well.