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Scar

 

Outer reflection

of inner self

 

Love the scar on my forehead

then love the unseen scar beneath

 

I've known pain before

but this will be painless

 

The door is open

 

 

[10 oktober 2007, Den Haag]

Edited by Appy
  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Nice little poem Appy. Scars are a great reflection of someones life history. There is often some story of some sorts that always follows the question: " Where did you get that? ". Even emotional scars are something I think everyone should hold onto, cause they make us who we are.. who we will be.

Posted (edited)

I like it. It's about a certain degree of pain but not cliche or overly sentimental.

 

Edit: Sorry forgot to check your profile, (would be nice to not have to and have the info handy, ahem)

 

Anyway. The main emotion I got was intrigue then understanding. Followed by curiosity and satisfaction.

Edited by Preprise
Posted

Tas: Thank you. And sometimes outer scars reflect the ones within. Something I can show and which this poem is about :)

 

Perprise:

 

I can see the removal of "unseen".. good catch, thanks :)

 

How would you improve the meter though? I am somewhat of a minimalist and the things I have to tell in this are all there in its purest form. To me, the meter didn't matter much when I wrote. I am curious as to how you would change it.

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Scar

 

Outer reflection

of inner self

 

Love the scar on my forehead

then love the scar beneath

 

I've known pain before

but this will be painless

 

The door is open

 

~ Changed; see posts above ^_^~

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