Scarlet's Poetry Den - Litany of Scars - Notes to a Missing Lover

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"Litany of Scars - Notes to a Missing Lover"

Butterflies (Listen to the poem in RealAudio G2)

raw nerves
jangle like church bells
ring in my ears

my collection of knives
are those I pulled from my back

clutching at straws
I've left my blood
at all the stations I've passed through
on all the doors and walls I scratched to bits
just trying to get by

it is hard to forget the Rapists
even harder to forgive those who made me a Deathwalker

I still wonder what my crimes are
I'm told I'm beautiful, intelligent and unique
that must be it!

it's too easy to say
it's just because I was born

I thought that poetry & music & prayer & friends & a good man
would layer the scars that riddle my flesh
with serenity and joy

when did I ever ask
for more than love and life?
maybe a few butterflies?

fear of the answer
swells in my insides
like some Hitler

all the butterflies
flutter in my stomach

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