Everyone has scars

It's what defines us

Sets us apart

'It makes you unique, ' They say

But you can't see my scars.

The battles I faced

The dragons I slayed

Every morning is harder then the last

Each smile is more strained

The mirror that once screamed

is silent

I look at the cuts

some deep

some not

but all invisible

unnoticed

In some way

I am like a scar

no matter how hard I try

how deep I go

I'm invisible

unnoticed

In every heart, a shadow plays,

We wrestle with our flawed displays.

With kindness wrapped in tangled thread,

I push my love where it feels misled.

A gentle breeze can turn to storm,

In every well-intended form.

I've learned to tread where hearts may break,

Yet still, I give more than they can take.

For everyone holds a shadowed seam,

A patchwork quilt of hope and dream.

And mine, it whispers with heart that's pleaded-

My bad trait is forcing my love into places it's not needed.