You Branded Me
I wish you had been more careful
With those words that you flung out
At me today
I guess you didn’t realize
That they were red hot
Though spoken in “jest”
And in a quiet voice
They were red hot
And they seared my heart
Branding me with the word
REJECTED
....Again.
I thought branding was for cattle
Ah....but humans are adept
At branding others
The smell of burning flesh
The stench of pain
The open wounds
That harden with time
Yet remain
As a grotesque testament
Of a heart that has been branded!
I guess you didn’t realize
That what you said
Will go with me to the grave
Because it scorched my heart
My poor little heart
that one day will tire
of all the burns
and will stop beating
a scarred little mass
Finally at rest
From the red hot branding iron
Of your tongue.
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