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