CICATRICE

There is a story
behind each spot

of a fight
blood-cell deep

of a fall,
run or leap

of broken trust


Unlike voluntary tattoos

These in-voluntaries
reveal
taboos

Of branded soul-
swears
To never return there

To  lovers lane
And loveless
stains
And lots of pain

Bold scars
in astrological order
map and
remap the future

Of those who fail
to bleach the soul

of its cicatrice

Copyright©2020 by Camille Caliscia Patrick