Rivers of Scars

By scorpionstale

Scars
Like rivers
Flow down my arms
Where sanity drifts
Rafts made of empty bottles

Canyon
From that dull razor
Where the waterfall
Soaks the flesh red
Like passion
Against the fear
Smooth controlled strokes

an Artist's jagged paintbrush
Dyes the landscape
Smothers the children
The color of rape

And the aborted fetus
Shakes hands with its maker
Never seeing my river
Her father's engulfment

Crimson tears it cries
Tearing flesh from bone
To hide the scars
Like rivers

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Published on Monday, July 12, 2004. Filed under: "Reflective" and "Poetry"

Comments on "Rivers of Scars"

On Saturday, July 24, 2004, yslehc (334) wrote:

wow wonderful write
On Saturday, September 11, 2004, Dayer (162) wrote:

my thoughts exactly
A former member wrote: keep delving scorpionstale, dig deeper and further each time and you will end up amazing yourself. absolute ripper of a peice by the by, im impressed.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2004, Vindicated_untouchable (14) wrote:

shes not the only 1 who cries Crimson tears...
On Tuesday, July 13, 2004, scorpionstale (21) wrote:

Thank you all for the feedback, this peice dove a little deeper into myself than most things I've written. Wasn't sure what to expect.
A former member wrote: By far my favorite piece. Great descriptions and imagery. There's a hidden depth that jumps from the words that are undescribable and can only be felt.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2004, NikesRain (1240) wrote:

..this is haunting to say the least. So much force and intensity. Great work.
On Monday, July 12, 2004, K_Love (525) wrote:

Wow... cutting never seemed so beautiful.. powerful write.. I have no clue what to say... ~Kirsten~
A former member wrote: WOW, Very Powerful awesome write. Can't wait to read more.
On Monday, July 12, 2004, capt_funguy (777) wrote:

yeah ... this worked me over ... heavy weight style ... black and blue , i thank you ... great work ... funguy
A former member wrote: Damn that was an awesome read.