Portraits of inner turmoil

By Winter Born

Thin, lazer-straight lines
etched with hard unyeilding steel
In living canvas
Lines that weep crimson tears
Pain is all they know.

Ruby- red tears run,
To canvas edge they stampede.
Hurling themselves off.
Lemming-like they seek their end.
A mass grave; their end.

Lazer straight lines close.
Their tears have run out.
Slowly they repair themselves
Pale scar tissue stays.

Silent reminders
They wait for future siblings.
Eternal vigil.
Scarified living canvas...
A portrait of pain.

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Copyright 2009 Winter Born
Published on Sunday, December 27, 2009.     Filed under: "Reflective" and "Poetry"
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  • violetdarkness On Sunday, April 8, 2012, violetdarkness (50)By person wrote:

    great piece about tattoos! thanks for this ^_^

  • A former member wrote: A dark opening that calls for a dark closing. Dark gray, walking into invisible flames. Very good piece. +tpu+

  • A former member wrote: oh, *smiles* if it were tattoes, thatd be some srious ink action jackson. loving it. ~moonie

  • A former member wrote: I'm going to go with the theme being more... self mutilation... Along the lines of the gate control theory one pain overrides another... I like. :) Thank you for your poem.

  • Winter Born On Sunday, December 27, 2009, Winter Born (169)By person wrote:

    got it in one!

  • A former member wrote: Nice poem about tattoos!

  • Winter Born On Sunday, December 27, 2009, Winter Born (169)By person wrote:

    yeah...tattoos...

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