Scars

by ilikepurple222   Dec 28, 2009


The door slams shut,
and the chilling winter wind behind me rustles my hair,
making it blow every which way.
She walks down the stairs with tear stained cheeks,
looks at me,
and tosses hurtful words.
Ignoring the following sentences,
I turn to walk through the kitchen and down the hallway to my room.
"A short distance. Not long at all," I thought to myself.
From the front door,
she follows to point out my every mistake
when she can't even face her own.
Escaping the stress of it all,
I close the door for silence.
A sigh of relief.
With my back facing the cold wooden door,
I drop my head into my arms.
"Finally," I mumble.

At that same moment,
he's down on hands and knees searching for the planner and phone she had earlier hidden.
I go out to help him,
though I only end up looking for answers to questions that I had never quite understood.
The fact that this wasn't love at all.
Why would anyone intentionally want to hurt the one they supposedly couldn't live without?
Flashbacks of my childhood come back to me.
A mother with the desire for complete control,
and a father that lost his temper whenever he found a moment to pull away from work to see the family that he never really took the time to know.
Faded days,
but the scars still remain.
The ones that I count every now and then
are not always the ones you can see.

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  • 13 years ago

    by Fear2love

    Wow... this more like a story... but yea I love the line "she follows to point out my every mistake..... when she can't even face her own." Wow again love it....

  • 14 years ago

    by Merdy

    Wow this was moving, and it feels personal in a sense. Great job.

  • 14 years ago

    by Mello193

    This is very sad and very deep, very moving, good job!!

  • 14 years ago

    by Stephanie Michelle

    I don't even know where to start. This piece really got to me.. I read and re-read it just to make sure that the emotions didn't fade after reading over your words a few times. I think the emotion and just the way you wrote this made the piece successful and powerful. I'm going to assume this is most likely written from personal experience... It fits my profile almost 100% as well. That's most likely why it's gets to me so much but regardless.. Amazing job!!

  • 14 years ago

    by SheenaMarie

    I love the flow of this poem...very touching...5/5

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