Healing

They say scars are just a reminder..

A reminder of when life tried to conquer you

But it couldn’t

And deep inside we confine the

Pain..

Along with memories

That’ll never go away..

Time…

Time is the only thing that separates

Us from the days

That…we attach ourselves to

Distant memories that plague

Us

And get in our way,

It just

Hurts a little less…

A little less than yesterday.

Until we heal..

And to heal means..

To deal.

To deal with the fact that things happen

That we bear witness to things

That make us sad and…

Things that change our views and opinions

Scars that remind us of wounds that healed when

Time….

Time came and went

Leaving moments that changed us forever

But they’re not gone with the wind..

So we get to make the choice

Every time we open our eyes

Do we let scars define who we are

And prevent us from “being alive”

Do we give life a second chance?

And start over brand new?

Try to give people the benefit of the doubt

Without glancing into our past thru our rear view?

Because healing takes time

And even if those wounds were cut deep

Those scars can serve as reminders

Of places we don’t want to be