My heart sleeve is tattooed and scattered Four wind corner scars Crisscrossing like battle lines I've drawn in this sand of mine The roar of your cannon's memory Explodes loud and clear Over the muffled cries of those that marked before you Their leaving was more like a land mind Blasting craters in my giving soil That have since filled back in Where as you hurt as Namazu would Without Kashima to guard *Ripping my earth apart
Everyone leaves a mark, no matter the size. Our lives are not but memory and those memories can both hurt and heal.