Stories We Can’t Forget

Scars tell stories of who we are

Where we’ve been and what we’ve seen

All the flames through which we’ve walked

And jagged edges forced to hold

And sometimes those scars refuse to heal

Those marks of moments long gone by

They stain us through beyond the surface

Easy to miss through outside eyes

As they blend into the tapestry

But we feel them still the same

They tend to tear at the slightest whim

Spilling blood at moment’s notice

Filling distance meant to dull

So that we feel the pain again

Submerged again in suffering

Through the smallest slights and slips

The scabs fall loose and salt pours in

Those moments meant to make us

Become stories we can’t forget