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I have SCARS

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I have scars on my face
And scars on my feet
I have scars everywhere
But will you love what's underneath?

When I'm walking on that road
Where the mud is just too high
Will you gape at my face
And still be my guide?

And when I'm way too far gone
That I can't feel inside
Will you hide from my tears
Or bring me alive?

And when my feet are so numb
That I can't even fly
Will you run from my wings
Or am I to be your pride?

The world will be so hard
When they laugh and mock me
Then will you lock me away
Or will you set me free?

When I get more, new scars
Will you be so repulsed
That you dump me someplace
So, inside the pain too will hurt?

Do you swear to accept me
For I have way too many wrongs
Done to me and to my world
Will you believe- it made me strong?

When my world's tilting down
And sky is underneath
Will you trust me to fly
Will you hold onto me?

For, I have scars on my face
Scars that play my song
But they're my map, it's my face
They're my scars, so I sing along

©AkshayaGadre

I have only one question:
Do yougetthesymbolismofthepoem?


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launchora_img12am Journals
4 years ago
Acceptance. Wanting to be accepted despite all that had happened to someone in the past. We're all scarred and we all just want someone to accept how ugly we are. And then hope, they'd see beauty in it. But it's an insane wish, almost torturous, self distracting desire. Coz if you want acceptance, u don't mean just anyone. it's from a particular someone who, most probably, doesn't see u acceptable. lol.
launchora_imgAK 47
4 years ago
What's there to lol about? you made an awesome point and you're close, very close
It's a poem so can't tell if I could decipher your point of view...this one's mine.....maybe you are referring to some incidents or memories that were too painful to let go and have left you scarred emotionally.....like maybe
launchora_imgAK 47
4 years ago
maybe... that's actually good deciphering
launchora_imgNeko Kagami
4 years ago
Maybe I do. Your scars are as beautiful as when it has porcelain skin when you were born.
launchora_imgAK 47
4 years ago
close but not literally I never thought of it literally... try more metaphorically? But ofc one deciphers poems according to their own ideas, own thoughts and find a way to relate. Maybe you love this meaning?
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