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Tattoos Of Life
***TRIGGER WARNING: this poem MAY be triggering to anyone suffering from selfharm.
Scars are the Tattoos of life.
We wear them for all to see.
As they bare the all telling stories of our lives.
Discoloration twines and winds across our skin, dancing whispers of our faults and sins.
So, let them stare as they gawk and peer
They'll never understand what's within,
what's buried deep beneath the marks spread so thin.
They see these blemishes and second guess our incisions.
Let them jump to their conclusions and accusations.
Let their eyes linger as their judgment becomes clear.
They will never understand the pain some people just can't share.
Scars are the Tattoos of life.
We wear them for all to see.
As they bare the all telling stories of our lives.
Discoloration twines and winds across our skin, dancing whispers of our faults and sins.
So, let them stare as they gawk and peer
They'll never understand what's within,
what's buried deep beneath the marks spread so thin.
They see these blemishes and second guess our incisions.
Let them jump to their conclusions and accusations.
Let their eyes linger as their judgment becomes clear.
They will never understand the pain some people just can't share.
Published 21st May 2017
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21st May 2017 5:53am
I have a friend that self harms, I love the truthfulness in this write 😊
21st May 2017 3:53pm
5th Aug 2017 12:50pm
It still would be hard to write about as it is always when you have emotions that are tied into works of art 😊
14th Oct 2017 5:22pm
14th Oct 2017 8:51pm
