Isobel
Skin Deep
by Isobel
words they somehow think will help
words fail
fall like acid drops to litmus mind
absorbed, stored, burnt to memory
like scars.
Acute acne leaves its red and pitted trail
and mirrors tell no lies
I reflect upon a ruined face
each blemish magnified.
For many years
I shun the light
that sheds its brightness
onto every ugly pore...
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Tuesday 18th October 2011 2:48 pm
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