Of wounds that do not bleed.

 

I am a maze

of wounds

that do not bleed.

A collage of memories,

where the images blend.

A patchwork quilt

without any stitches between.

I am all the scars

that you cannot see.

I am the pieces of a jigsaw, 

all slotted together so cleanly

that you can't see the joints.

 

A map of lines covers my skin,

but you can’t see the ones

that time has worn deeper in,

the ones burned underneath,

where history has taken a bite

out of me with ferocious teeth.

I'm stale days

where the air

feels like its suffocating.

but you don’t see

the battle regulating

my breathing.

 

I'm all the wounds

that don’t bleed.

I'm all the scars

you don't see.

I am gossamer threads,

spiders’ webs,

covered in remnants of the dead.

I'm the jigsaw pieces.

I'm the bits in between..

I'm all of this and more.

I’m a blanket

of old scraps and rags,

I'm torn paper bags,

I’m the leaves

that float in the breeze.

I am all of this

but you won't 

find me on my knees.

I'll be walking proud,

with a smile for all to see.

 

 

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