Scars

in #poetry7 years ago (edited)

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I have nothing
Of yours
Anymore


No letters
Tickets
Or cards

But I do have scars

And memories
That spill out

Like photos
From a billfold
Not intended
To keep them

And so
They become
Inconvenient

Snapshots
of what we were

And I would
toss them too
on the fire

but it’s never up to you

what you
remember
afterwards

when all the struggle is through

And Fate has dealt
all the cards

I’d like to forget you too…

But I still have scars.



© 2017, John J Geddes. All rights reserved


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Jaded, faded, scarred, and scared and that is the result of love but fortunately...the flower blooms in Spring great poem that captures it @johnjgeddes

thank you, Jeff - appreciate that

Great! We forget, we stop fighting and we at last win the battle but the scar won't let go. They remain with us and reminds us of our yesterdays

yes, so true. Thanks Mary

old ghosts bugging you again tonight huh?

yep, always. Conflicted and haunted - that's me

*Snaps fingers in quick succession * very deep. As are the scars, some of them, the pain may go away but the damage caused still affects you.

yes,that's the heart of the matter, my friend :)

ahhh i see what you did there ; )

Scars, the reminder to not make the same mistake twice

Not your scars I hope?

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Sometimes the hardest thing to do is invest in someone else. Scars remain when we get hurt but they become a part of us. Great work!

Keep them coming :)

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Ouch!

yes! Thanks Joe

yea... right.... Ouch

Sometimes I feel like love is the cruelest emotion that ever existed.

Sometimes you want to forget or hate them but you just cant.

The scars never never goes away.

and deep down in our heart exists all the people that we ever ever loved. even if we leave or they left, they are still down down there.

Yikes!

hmmm- "Scars"

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thanks for your insightful response, Mimy

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Powerful and intimate truths penned so well. This poem made me a bit sad, but it also gave me a moment to reflect on how scars can also strengthen. Superb. :)

We all carry them throughout life, but scars do heal in time, thank God!

Scares are tough skin. When I was a child my family had friends, Karen and John Geddes. Do you know them? They were in Orono, Ontario. It's a long shot but I think I'll take it. :)

No, and I'm not related to Barbara Bel or Anne :)

Nice poetry on relation ships