Some Scars Remain Unseen

Some scars remain unseen

            So it stays when I scarred you.

Sixteen years ago, my greatest shame

            And pain that I thought truncated

Still tears at your mind, leaving you

            Still battle-scarred and battle-wary.

Given the choice, that is the one moment

            I would change – my greatest shame

Hurting you. I suppose I didn’t want to

            Give up hope. I wanted

A new beginning, a chance to

            Make more informed choices,

To walk away from recovered wounds

            With our own reclaimed skin.

But I cannot see your scar –

            You hold me still at a distance.

Some scars remain unseen

             And I cannot heal them;

History refuses to close - the same wound

            Still causes you to reject me,

Removes me from you, leaving me

            Feeling like falling debris.

Some scars remain unseen …

            Why can we not rectify them?

Ariel

August 3, 2005

Ariel Red by CC Willow