Healing Scars

In a day..

Scars
Scratches on open wounds which can never heal
An unexpected sight leading to an unprepared call
Distances between successive metro stations suddenly large
Impenetrable coffee shops
Unknown people whistle past
An occasional beautiful girl
A known face in an unknown shoe shop
What are the odds?
Apparent ageing
A dingy book shop hidden beneath the basement of a glamorous hotel
Rich with metaphors
And lots to steal from
And enough for a night to forget.

Heal
Unknown pastry shops offer a surprise magical coffee
Assurance of unbought cakes
Nuances of a known man in a sea of unknowns
Shy doctors with deeper issues and selective promises
Rare but common father-son moments
Over a known city, unknown emotions
Translations , better ones in thin wafery books
A phone call desired but never rang
A phone call not desired but somewhat half expected
Also never rang
Old photo albums with overtly defensive captions
Never meaning a damn thing.
Blatant show off, Words of unworthy praise for friend foes
Poems to seal it off
Porn to finally forget.

© Nothing Personal. January 12, 2011.

Reviews

[Meghan Rose]

this has a lovely contrast between scarring and healing, and the imagery placed me in the position of someone trying to get over a relationship or something along those lines. it evokes very well how one is continually haunted by these scars until we start to do something about them. well done.

[Marie Harrison]

Wow, this was amazing. I felt like I was on a long walk with you, as you poured out your emotions to me. Lovely, candid poem. Beautiful.

[E.H. Monroe]

The contrast of the scars, the the process of healing them. The complexities of s**t that can be fixed with some porn, a good apple turnover and a beer.
This was a reversal of all modern problems, it read to me "oh you got problems. Stop your f*****g bitching and get on with what you have to do because no one's s**t is perfect."

And porn...

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

This had a good theme, which isn't written about much. Healing Scars can be hard, I guess it all relays on if your willing to let go of the emotions.
Beautiful job.

[Stef Outsiders]

Awesome work yet again!! great piece!

[Launa'sWrite]

great use of imagery. i feel the pain, enjoyed the journey, some healing has begun, but not complete.. but it's only been a day: my subjective interp.
nice figurative and literal use of language. "Assurance of unbought cakes".. "surprise magical coffee.." liked that line.

[SarahCortland]

i love this!! great job :)

[Ed Hart]

an outsider, passing, taking inner and outer snap shots, a wanderer lose in the day, scared, rests in magical coffee

[Calypso]

Very, very good. I enjoyed reading this.

[HopelesslyDevoted]

i love the style that you wrote this in,
breaking it up into two sections, the problem and the solution! awesome job!

[nancy.sedky]

i loved it:) i love the 2 parts idea and how you delivered meaning in both of them...keep the good work and i'll be reading more:)