My Scar

This narrow trench
with dark ragged edges  
on the dermis in my forehead
is an ugly furrow
plowed into a burrow.

'Tis but a minor injury
and has its own little story
on my delicate skin
is a lingering rent
pathogen's might
and audacity to gnaw and lyze
leaving this visible scar.

Past emotional wounds
that maim the spirit
leave nary a physical mark
but hide in our psyche
masked and entrenched
even trapped to the very depths.

Scars are collagen fibers
healed tissues but never gone
indelible scars that disfigure
are etched forever
emotional scars when tended well
would heal and fade just as well.

by Delilah Causin,  June 7, 2014