if you went back in time
and found my eighth grade self
you would find long sleeves
pulled way down her arms
and you might notice
she was hiding something
that she got awfully tired of hiding
and tired of stares when she wasn't
i'll give you a hint
my ninth grade self
had bright red scars
seared into her shoulders
my tenth grade self
was still finding leftover
pink horizon lines from
safety razors on her thighs
my eleventh grade self
found all her skin remarkably
pale but her coping
mechanisms still unhealthy
and my twelfth-grade self
she was the weakest one of all
just had the strongest
jaw to hide behind
and enough self-confidence to
stretch thin across her neuroses
but if you could go back
and find my eighth-grade self
please tell her
something for me
she won't believe it
but i just have to tell her
that in four years she will buy
the most beautiful sleeveless
white dress with navy lace
and she will wear it with
sneakers and bruises on her knees
a smile the overexposed
color of her insecurity
and nobody
will say a
**** thing
about her scars
bleached into
a memory.
Aug 17, 2016
Aug 17, 2016 at 7:37 PM UTC
if you went back in time
and found my eighth grade self
you would find long sleeves
pulled way down her arms
and you might notice
she was hiding something
that she got awfully tired of hiding
and tired of stares when she wasn't
i'll give you a hint
my ninth grade self
had bright red scars
seared into her shoulders
my tenth grade self
was still finding leftover
pink horizon lines from
safety razors on her thighs
my eleventh grade self
found all her skin remarkably
pale but her coping
mechanisms still unhealthy
and my twelfth-grade self
she was the weakest one of all
just had the strongest
jaw to hide behind
and enough self-confidence to
stretch thin across her neuroses
but if you could go back
and find my eighth-grade self
please tell her
something for me
she won't believe it
but i just have to tell her
that in four years she will buy
the most beautiful sleeveless
white dress with navy lace
and she will wear it with
sneakers and bruises on her knees
a smile the overexposed
color of her insecurity
and nobody
will say a
**** thing
about her scars
bleached into
a memory.
Copyright 6/13/16 by B. E. McComb