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How Time Forgot to Heal Me

And Created More Wounds

By A_Skeleton_SpeaksPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
How Time Forgot to Heal Me
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He told me he had given me plenty of time

That I should have healed by now

That I should have learned to be fine

But I didn't really know how

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For when I tried to suture the past

And leave it behind where it should lay

The bandages would never last

Leaving me raw on display

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How could I heal from the former

When he was cutting me anew?

Hiding just around the corner

With damage I never knew

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Creating new scars

Where old ones laid open

I kept reaching for the stars

While I was drowning in his ocean

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Filling my wounds with his salt

So I would keep descending

Telling me it's all my fault

That the pain was never ending

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While he plunged his knife in more

And deeper into my soul

Leaving me as nothing but an open sore

So I could never be whole

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About the Creator

A_Skeleton_Speaks

Formerly: Introducing Poetry

Writing allows me to release

All that holds me

Hope you enjoy the journey with me on a path to healing and growth!

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