Short Birthmarks Poems
Short Birthmarks Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Birthmarks by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Birthmarks by length and keyword.
Purism
In your mood of seeking perfection,
In your fundamentalism--
Stay clear of me and my scars.
Birthmarks are not leprosy
Until I waste my vision
On their defense....
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Categories:
birthmarks, i am,
Form:
Free verse
Birthmarks
Birthmarks,
unique identifying signs,
cover our walls.
Scuffs, scars, scribbles,
fingerprints, nicks.
Randomly appearing after
marking the birth of our son.
Would I trade those pocked surfaces
for pristine blank spaces?
No. The memories of that little boy
becoming a young man is the story
those walls tell.
A narrative in which “The End” came too soon.
Deathmarks? No one talks about them....
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Categories:
birthmarks, birth, boy, childhood, death, in memoriam, memory,
Form:
Free verse