A Headstone for Scars

They say two negatives makes a positive

So why is it questioned when it’s true

It’s prodded and called flawed

An attempt at fame when it’s 

Really just trying to run from the pain 

The intention behind the incision

The focus on the glisten

Mind Overflow- let the blood go

Power in the control

Think outside the box

Just below your socks

Then it’s down your arms

Up your thighs

Behind your eyes.

It shouldn’t be a surprise

To feel a sting

When you still hear their words ring

The need to see rather than be

The power in me is clearer 

The retrieve when I grieve 

Please don’t leave as I heave 

I want to breathe how they breathe–

With ease. 

Cold marble engraved with initials

Death date decades gone

A film of plaque covering its skin

A tooth decaying with age

Cavities taking up space

memories of only a blank face

A headstone stuck in place.

Side eyes,  sticky thighs

Both visual and physicalScars inside need a headstone too.