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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

0 posted 2010-12-08 06:02 AM

and as my hand
traces over my
  "battle scars"
caused by climbing
  Daddy's jeep
and over the proof
that I once thought-
  I could fly
I'm reminded of a time
when band aids
and kisses,
was all that
was needed
to heal

How I miss
those simple days,
as my hand traces
over the scars that
define me

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2010-12-08 06:21 AM

" How I miss
  those simple days,
  as my hand traces
  over the scars that
  define me"

Trina- your last lines are always killer,this is no exception! Great stuff! Lori

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

2 posted 2010-12-08 06:21 AM

You never cease to amaze me. Not only are you prolific but your work is always of quality.

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

3 posted 2010-12-08 06:32 AM

Lori, Earl - Thanx for looking in, truly, I'm flattered. Both of you are too kind.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

4 posted 2010-12-08 08:24 AM

Scars, both physical and mentally, Trina, are the signposts of our life's experiences. Some are there to remind us of our invincibility, some are there to warn us that we are not invincible.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

5 posted 2010-12-08 08:32 AM

We're not invincible?

I never got that memo :P Thanx for looking in Jerry.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

flash
Member

since 2010-11-28

Posts 213
miami beach, florida

6 posted 2010-12-08 08:38 AM

Trina: I remember reading a poem with the line: "scars make your body more interesting". It always stuck.
Yes, scars are painful reminders of what life (and people) can do to us, but we must rise above the hurt--and certainly poetry affords us the opportunity for catharsis--for healing.

wonderful read!

Al

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

7 posted 2010-12-08 06:26 PM

Al- Thanx so much for looking in.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

8 posted 2010-12-08 11:04 PM

I am in awe of your ability to write something so meaningful in less words than it takes some to say hello. latearrival

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

9 posted 2010-12-09 02:04 AM

Scars of the past are what makes what we are today, very thoughtful write. Trina.

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

10 posted 2010-12-09 03:35 AM

Sinfully innocent! ---that alone tells me that I am on the threshold of something worthy of reading. The scars are markings on the badge, the emblem of ourselves, and you have expressed this simple truth with artistry that resonates in the upper ear of the listening mind! I love your poetry --

Art

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

11 posted 2010-12-09 04:44 AM

LateA, Prasad, Art- Thanx. I appreciate your comments.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

Amaryllis
Senior Member

since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

12 posted 2010-12-09 02:19 PM

I love this write. It is such truth, Trina. Maybe my little boy, the one who will wear scars on his face for life, will read this someday and feel stronger.

Wonderful writing.

My best~
Amaryllis

A pile of scribbles here:
http://sharonleighpoetry.blogspot.com

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

13 posted 2010-12-10 01:04 AM

I hope so too, Thanx Amaryllis.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

14 posted 2010-12-11 01:10 AM

Quite powerful. Thankfully, the majority of my scars are physical. I once saw my hospital records when I was 16. The file was about five inches thick. The docs knew me on a first name basis. I'm not joking. It wasn't that I was ill, just prone to injury. I think I aged my parents 20 years in a 5 year span of time.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Spiros Zafiris
Senior Member

since 2002-10-20

Posts 982
Canada

15 posted 2010-12-12 04:36 AM

..smooth poem..those last five
lines could stand alone, as
a tanka; a very good one,
at that..>>spiros
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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

16 posted 2010-12-12 09:01 AM

Andrew, Spiros- Thanx for looking in.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

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