May 1, 2016 Free Verse, Original Poetry, The Daily Post

TRIGGER WARNING AND DISCLAIMER:
This is a very sensitive topic for many school-going teenagers, and may not be one you want to read if you’ve been in this emotional place.
And no, I have NOT been in this place, but I’m very empathetic to those who have, because I taught teenagers for eighteen years.

In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt:  Scars

Blade-Run
©May 1st, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

The word makes her shiver
As she reaches for
A shining thing to
Ease her endless pain,
Upend her blocked days,
End her numbness,
Make things flow
Smoothly, until
They’re blocked again,
Until the scars shine
Like smooth roads,
Shiny and pale,
Where a river might
Once have flowed,
Until it’s time to once again
Reach for the shining thing
To ease her endless pain.

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