Band-Aid
To cover up a scab.
The lies won’t disappear.
Only a temporary cover up.
You can still see the scar.
Always an excuse with a band-aid.
Just a figure of speech.
Dust under the rug to compromise.
To avoid confrontation or a fight.
The guilt is rising.
I can see the under lining.
Just another delay.
Injustice is transparent on the wave.
A scar shows your true colors.
A secret to be revealed.
Hinder the truth.
The reckoning is on the move.
Telepathic lies.
Never honest, no surprise.
Wordy puncture
Sentence banding around the wound
Get Well approach
Maybe a joke or two here and there
Blood pouring from the soul
Painful felt
Surrounded dealt
Allegorizing thought
Let the thought just soothe
Healing is the key
Emotions of anguish
The Band-aid a healer’s helpful friend
Sentence the band-aid over the cut
Stay put
Band-aid bandage
Approach Poet control
Let heal
For real
We should help the needy The greedy will help themselves
My 2-year-old niece,
had some vaccinations.
When she got home,
she looked a down.
Didn't want to play with her brother
Or be touched by their parents.
She was sitting in a corner,
with a very sad face.
Her mother worrying a bit.
Checked her temperature, she was fine.
She noticed her girl,
was constantly looking at her arm.
The mother decides
to remove the Band-aid.
Like a miracle,
the smiles returned.
She went back to playing.
She was herself again.
Who would know that a single Band-Aid,
could have so much power?
Why must this world bleed
when I bleed
Why must I bare burden
upon me
Why does life make me
angry
Why must I feel so
empty
Yet I am still here
In envy
Lacerations go deep
so deep
toxic air It is
heavy
In my lungs
i must
i must breath
I'll never show how much
I need you
You'll never know how much
you need me
Until the day you no longer
see me
Why must this world bleed
when I bleed
Give me a band aid please! He said.
He is three and loves them.
Star Wars band aids, Darth Vader band aids,
Roblox band aids, Power Ranger band aids,
Barbie band aids, puppy band aids.
He is wearing six of them on his legs already.
I give him a box and he adds to his collection.
Pleased to be entertained.
Mommy does not let me do this! He informs me haughtily.
Mommies can’t, grandma’s can, I reply.
It’s Just A Band-Aid
By Joeysguy
When I was small my mother had some tricks
She would say the band-aid was a quick fix
Using a band-aid to cover a scrape or cut
Keeping out the dirt and any smut
Some places I have trouble putting a band-aid on
It’s only me, my wife is gone
Recently a wasp had stung me
Confused, I looked to my wife to help me
I then remembered she is not here
Not sure of what to do gave me a little scare
I can put a band-aid on anywhere in front of me
I can’t put it on my back a place I can’t see
My wife wanted a band-aid on my mouth
Even my daughters say I have a bigmouth
I wish my mom taught me her tricks
I would swallow a band-aid, my heart needs a fix
Better watch what you say
All of us are somewhat fragile, and
Not everyone is happy.
Don't put her down or she'll be six feet underground, please.
All of us are children of God.
Insults aren't how we treat one another, and don't let their
Death can't cause you to take back what you said, it's to late.
A lotta things are like an old band-aid
Should just yank it, but we peel it nice and slow
Think we kinda like the pain, in it we wade
Things used to be pro bono, now their quid pro quo
She’s mastered façade, playin’ games like an arcade
She loves me, she loves me not, swayin’ to and fro
Probably should evade, but for you I'd wait a decade
Your love is my drug, feenin', feel like I'm in skid row
Still feelin' like someone else would be a downgrade
Cut off my ear for you, call me Vincent Van Gogh
Serenade, I'll be by your side til I'm old & decayed
There's so much room to grow, girl we have no plateau
Life can deliver you pain sometimes
And you will wonder if you can heal
There will be days you want to rip your heart
out
So you just dont have to feel
Your emotions will bleed out all over you
Others will see it in your face
You will try and stuff it down deep inside
Where all past hurts are placed
But there is a hidden danger
If you make friends with your inner pain
You will get trapped within a cycle
Where it will visit you again
Sometimes its the hardest thing to do
To let go of the burden that you bare
Dont be afraid to find a friendly shoulder
Of someone who truly cares
They say time heals all wounds
So patience is the key
And one day all the tears will end
And finally you will be free
Like a Band-Aid
on a gushing WOUND
She will never be enough
to hold it all together…
Merely a temporary FIX
that lead to a long term problem…
She seeped skin at the seams and
crusted over… You
infused with her inevitable infection… RAW
and bread unending pain unknowingly…
Now both ends hold on for dear LIFE
pulling at the weakened scab
Smothering it with generic “HOME” remedies
but nothing can prevent the impending deterioration…
So, day by day the superficial grime GROWS
and the unnatural wear shows… Your
Internal defenses begin peeling away Her
unyielding grip…While
External elements re-actively reinforce
this permanent SEPARATION.
Lay
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