My Battle Scars
Tho’ my body looks like a road map
Ugly scars from my head to my lap
My badges of honor
Without them a goner
My skins just like a wrinkled gift wrap!
I’ve been opened so much it’s a blur
They did things to make my body purr
They all saved me, back then
Oh, so many there’ve been
Why don’t they just put in a zipper?
When doctors first look at my body
Sometimes it’s hard for them, don’t you see
I’ve been jumbled up so
Hard to know where to go
I need a north/south tattoo on me!
I have made it to seventy-two
I look very chopped up that is true
But I stand on my own
All my worries have flown
Because I have a positive view!
Copyright © Betty Janko | Year Posted 2016
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