by Kim Richards

Created on: July 29, 2009

scars

I got this scar on my mouth when I took

a large iron hook from the side of the house

swinging on a clothes line. my mom made me

go to school the next day.

I got this scar on my thigh when I took

a sliver of wood, playing on an old door

in my backyard. my parents never had me see

a doctor, my friend's mother helped me get it out.

I got this scar on my elbow when I took

a hit from a third base runner whose job

was to make the winning run. my dad told me

I was fine, I had a huge elbow for about two months.

I got these scars on my wrist when I took

a razor at the age of fifteen, deciding not

to live any more. my parents never noticed

either problem.

I got this scar when I took

a line drive to my knee. my husband

neither noticed nor cared. I finally

had surgery five years later.

I got this last scar from the many times

my heart has been pried from my chest.

people who cared or loved me were not aware

of the damage they had caused.

Some of my scars are self-inflicted

some were inflicted through other means.

but all of my scars went unnoticed until I

found out I had the power to make them

fade on my own.

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