The most painful scar
To ever endure
Is one that’s not yours

My first a needle
Scratching at my skin
My second, third, fourth

Were all much the same
These Scars were all mine
My folly, my crime

In time I lost count
In time I covered
Each one in black ink

Not to cover them
From my own shame but to
Cover them for her

The greatest scar I
Bear is the one I
Gave to my mother