Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.143.9.223
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
In the shower when the water is hot and my skin is red I can see the scars Still see them Even after years Even after rubbing oil on them for days, months in a row The scars were once organized But that was in the beginning Before I started running out of space And so I would fill in any gaps and go as high as I dared And eventually moved to the other ankle I remember being reluctant to move onto the right side But I did Next to the scars is a mark on my skin that I've always had I don't know what it means, the mark But the scars make me remember things Things I wish to forget That I have moved past But still, they come back Visions of self-destruction fill my mind I think that runs in the family, the self-destruction And I still show signs of it But back then I would hurt myself because I was angry Punish myself for every mistake Every reason I could find It was wrong and even as I did it I knew I shouldn't I knew I was allowing something evil to enter my mind and control my thoughts, my actions I see myself crying in front of her Over and over Uncontrollable I hated it, the fact that I was crying But I couldn't help it And as I cried I grew more frustrated with myself Which only made me cry more And I would go home and hurt myself for being an emotional person Because I thought I was weak I've learned that it in fact makes me stronger than many others Wish I'd known that back then Before I left scars on my body, a temple Marks that may never go away. Will I ever be allowed to forget? My friend touches her fingers to the iced window They trace downward Creating a pattern in the ice Cracks Scars It is a beautiful, graceful motion And I watch her, wishing I could take a picture But I keep watching until she finishes And the marks she left will go away Because the window will soon ice over again But they will forever remain in my memory Her beauty Her elegance I wish I had seen these things before But maybe it was meant to be this way Maybe I learned in the right timing To take time to notice and appreciate the trivial, beautiful things Because the world is full of them And that includes me So, eventually The scars won't matter anymore They are a part of who I am, yes But they will be a reminder Never to go back to that place I once was
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required