Scarred Wrist

Scarred Wrist

No doesn’t always mean no
and love is a complicated thing
I wear my scars like a wedding ring
I make love and hate with the same hands
and I treat pain and lust like the same man
a confused young ignorant boy
who jumps and prays with ever joy
a woman’s useless toy

Yes doesn’t always mean yes
and sex is a complicated thing
she wears my flesh under her nails as burt offerings
she lies and loves with the same tears
a brave little girl filled with fear
she is everything a man could ask for
part lady and part w***e
a broken hearted lover and nothing more

Maybe only means maybe
and life is a complicated thing
hate’s wet lips and love’s sharp sting


--Z.Silas Herrera

Reviews

[Marie Anzalone]

This was a beautifully haunting piece, and it is clear you wrote it from somewhere in your soul. Thank you for sharing it.

[xXx JakBeNimble xXx]

extremely powerful and well written...
beautiful!

[Catrinka]

extremely well done. Wow - powerful poem. Light and dark side by side, exactly how life is. I loved this poem, the whole thing. Very few poems actually invoke an image in my mind, but I have to tell you, when I read it, (I like to paint too, besides write) I envisioned an awesome painting with black and white and bold slashes of red. I wish my painting talent matched what my mind's eye sees; if it did, I'd paint you what I saw and send it to you!

[SweetPeachesAlways]

This one's definitely just been added to my Favorites!

[Brianna Brie]

No doesn't always mean no
and love is a complicated thing
I wear my scars like a wedding ring

she is everything a man could ask for
part lady and part w***e

Interesting poem. It is a subject matter that one doesn't come across often if at all. Way to use your imagination.

[October]

"she is everything a man could ask for
part lady and part w***e
a broken hearted lover and nothing more"

This is potent.

Don't you just hate how 'love'
is portrayed in society?

Thanks for sharing.
Great write.