lovable.

just thinking.

I have all of these ...
permanent flaws.
Scar slipping along the back of my left middle finger.
It can’t compare with the long red lines on my inner arm.
Those will fade to a pale gray ...
but still, they remain.
Stretch marks on my breasts from growing too fast.
Stretch marks below my misshapen belly button
belie the fact ...
I am battle scarred ... a woman, a mom.
My favorite flaw lives at the small of my back ...
a natural tat ...
scar of a childhood scrape against the spout in the bath.
I wonder sometimes ...
(like others do)
if these are the flaws that leave me sitting here alone.
With one less mistake, would I be ...
Lovable?

Reviews

[PianoandPage]

i think this is a great piece. showing a softer side here and also at the same time reflecting on the remains of how life has marked you. non us are perfect and i think you capture the duality of our imperfections... as in they make me me and i'm proud of my uniqueness and also the "doesn't everyone love perfection"? it could almost taken as social commentary but it doesn't come off that way. the last line really does a good job of punching the point home and taking me a bit by surprise. good job!

[Astrid Hamilton]

=(

...but I'd have to agree with Mariah.
And there are laser treatment surgeries for scar removal; but scars are, as you know,
"Badges of courage."

[Mariah]

you're already beautiful and lovable the way you are.
very moving. :)

[Kat Williams]

I like this..introspective look at yourself. Treating scars/flaws like decisions made..great write

[Too Simple a Simon]

I have to agree with Stephanie below. You are who you are, flaws and all. And your lovable with them and you're lovable without them. But it sounds like you might need to work on loving yourself.

Just a thought. T'SaS

[Erotic Goddess]

I am battle scarred ... a woman, a mom.
My favorite flaw lives at the small of my back ...
a natural tat ...
scar of a childhood scrape against the spout in the bath.

Chris, darling, you are perfect, just the way you are. Those imperfections make you who you are and anyone with eyes to see would not want you to change one bit. I love you girl, and I know that this feeling is hard to shake, but you should be proud of who you are, the woman that I see in you is strong, if not a little alone right now. But you have friends sweetheart, should you have need. I love the honesty in this piece.

Love you,
Stephanie

[Jess: ~The Sidekick~]

Another wonderfully written masterpiece, darling.
You capture everything one feels at one point or another and make it beautiful.

[Dawn Jones]

I sit and wonder the same thing... got to hear again today that there is simply something missing. Something not connecting between myself and someone I love more then anything in the world... and the thing that sucks the most is that this girl has said the same thing once before. She keeps being able to do this to me.

Maybe if I had one less flaw...

You are lovable.
I care very much for you. I can't imagine knowing you in person... I would love you too much... the same way with everyone else.

I love this. You are wonderful. Thank you for saying what I feel again.

[Vatsayayana]

BTW... I'm giving this a 100. There is nothing better.
And away it goes to be placed in my favorites.
Brava honey, brava!

[Vatsayayana]

I'm breathless with this. Breathtaking.
You've voiced simply, softly, the deep fears of all. Be it woman or man.
But woman, we're always judged by beauty.
The thinner. The fatter.
The scarred. The disfigured.
The scared. The lost.
We always feel the pointed fingers. The whispered words behind cupped hands. The looks.
You've summed up how lost we are. How judgmental. And what does it bring us?
To question who we are. What we are. It saddens me.
But I must say... for myself you've also brought a smile upon my lips.
There will be someone... someone who will kiss those scars. Trace those scars. Love those scars.
And it is they, who will heal the scars on our soul. Be it our lover, our family, our children, our friends, or just the words of a stranger. Eventually... the scars will heal.
Embrace your scars beautiful woman.
Embrace them, for they mark you, brand you and define who and what you are.
As they should.
My hat off to you, for you've stunned me.