Blinded.... Just so I could see.

by Alex Grigg
(Australia NSW)

BRUISED!
not broken
COVERED IN SCARS!
merely scratches forming memories
BLINDED!
yet for the first time I see,

SEE,.... My skin is tattered and torn, and my body feels nothing but warn, though with my eyelids shut I feel every scar, and my eyes are opened only to remember the pain caused by all my bruises, I now no longer look down at the shadows behind my unforgiving hands but at the needle and thread that I will use to repair my torn skin.
I am strong enough now to forget my future, and remember to embrace my past only to create my present