Open Wound(Life After)

Inspired by a conversation from my favorite muse (Liza Vassallo)

 

Peeling back the scab

doesn’t take away the pain,

only prolongs the bleeding

till you have no strength.

 

Letting it turn into a scar

is nothing to be ashamed of,

it just shows you are a human

capable of living after the hurt.

 

Keeping it under wraps is natural

in protecting till it is healed,

to keep it under fancy fabric

is to be broke to immaterial guilt.

 

Let the sunlight keep it dry,

let the rain keep it drenched;

For in the end

nature will keep it real.

 

Reviews

[CA Geetha]

marvelous work!!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you.

[WhiteWillow]

You can't change the past. As you say in your last line, "nature will keep it real." A wonderfully written piece.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Your prose is searing in its honesty and depth.

[Becky C Strukamp]

I totally love this. It could have been written to describe my pathetic life. Maybe i need to feel some pain before i can heal my wounds that have formed through this broken tattsred soul of mine. Excellent poem.11100100

[Leslie Philibert]

This poem surprised me, I feared it was going to be violent and aggressive,but I found a well observed and well styled treatment of the subject, tender and lyrical.
A poem that I like, full of humanity and wisdom.

[Muse]

scars are real...we can put a band aid on it, and try to keep it secret from the world. But they never leave us. Some scars can be worn like a victory badge...while others just torment us with the memory of past mistakes.

[Tommy]

This is off to the favorites! Scares, as a kid my brother who I looked up too, used to say they give you character. They all tell a story, on the outside or in. I remember I was around sixteen, and my best friend thought that his cancer had come back. We were out drinking in the mountains with a bunch of the boys when he broke the news; it was crazy, he said he didn't want to have another scare on his body from the cancer. Well long story short all of us drunk asses share a scare in his honor on our arms. I don't know, but at the time I think this might of helped his inner scars...

Really Great Read!!!
RLG,
Tommy

A nice and rich person in mind, and spirit, in all he/she has done in life, a person who has lived, fully for a 200% will go with many scars, as worthy sparkles of his path has crossed. Lovely poetry! Very deep, and a valuable read. :)

[Maggie]

I really like how you tied actual physical symptoms into unseeable emotions. It's not something everyone can do, let alone do well. You have achieved this :)

[Mary Fioratti]

Wow... poet... This is a wonderful poem. Pain is something that we have to deal and take the best of it. Learning.
Deep and true.
((((Hugs))))
*Mary*