Violate (*updated)

Broken nose.
Split lip.
YOU look
at my face.
But don't
see it.

 

 

 

 

author's note: I want to add something about healing but can't quite find those words yet... this can be about what lies under the surface....of anyone, much less myself.....and it is about our ability to coverup....and make it hidden from others...never judge a book by its cover.

 

*I've had a broken nose. It healed.I've had my upper lip split wide open from a beer bottle, needing stitches. It healed.I'm the only one that still "sees" those wounds, though, that nobody else can see. It is the emotional wounds associated with those events and why they happened that are the hardest to heal.





Poetry by melanie sue
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Written on 2011-03-07 at 00:37

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You will find the words. Time is often a healer.
2011-03-12


shells
Emotional scars are the hardest to see and the longest to heal. Healing is something that is owned by you alone. I hope your healing process is helped by your writing.
2011-03-07


Purple Phoenix
Sadly I understand those invisible scars you speak of only too well... though now, I have learned to love them for making me the person I am now, as hard as the road was.

P.S. I love your profile pic Melanie Sue, beautiful!
2011-03-07


countryfog
We are all a work in progress . . . but your journey both breaks my heart and renews my faith in the indominability of the spirit, the courage to keep taking the next step, from the pain of where you were to the promise and peace you will find. My prayers as you make your way.
2011-03-07


NicholasG
What shows is the easy part. Even as a baby we'd cry, be reassured and the pain would go away. It's the inner, viscous circles that are set up and the alarms that aren't properly turned off that are the real damage.
2011-03-07


Eli The PoetBay support member heart!
Seeing is a two way thing, but granted; it's not always so simple.
2011-03-07


John Ashleigh
Very dark and powerfull. I'd like to read the finished poem - once you have written those words of healing. I think I can see where you are going with this. VERY good indeed.

Your friend,
John.
2011-03-07