Scar Tissue
Monthly Pop Ins
Tear off the almost healed scabs
Cutting new wounds
Deep into my being
Does love need to hurt
Has distance helped
You tell me no
Inadequate
Unnecessary
Unfullfilled
All words used to describe your situation
He came with bells and whistles
I came with only love
A love of who you are
Not who you might become
He came with visions of grandeur
I came with a job that would never have made us rich
Poor and Happy
Better than a life filled with things
Occupy your time
To quiet the things in your head
Think of me so often
I'm like your make-believe friend
I'm flesh and bone
Beating heart
Soul
You'll wake up
and be 50 years old
wondering where all your time went
You filled it with trivialities
Trying to forget
But your deepest parts will not let you forget
They bellow out
To feel as we once did
I have grown calloused to the pain of these scars
If I knew then what I now know
Would I change my future
NO
I would love you just as hard
For as long as you'd let me
We've agreed we are soul-mates
That was true
Can you say you've really lived
If you die without scars
Copyright © Jacob Jones | Year Posted 2019
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