The world can’t change its heart
of scars, they are tattooed on every inch:
silver words of sorrow and hurt
birthing poems from blood and dirt,
reminding us where we began
and giving hope that we might end
in a place where everyone
appreciates the beauty of scars.
Kim M. Russell, 4th April 2019
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Poems in April Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman: Scars To Your Beautiful
On the fourth day of Poems in April, Sherry has given us a song by Grace VanderWaal to inspire our poetry. Mine is a little octet.
writing in north norfolk 
Oh, Kim, you just made me cry.
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xx
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This is absolutely stunning in its brevity, Kim ❤ especially love; “silver words of sorrow and hurt
birthing poems from blood and dirt, reminding us where we began,” so poignant! 😊
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Thank you, dear Sanaa. 🙂
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So much pain. It does seem too much to change. But i think humankind missed out bigtime on how life was meant to be. I love how wise and clear-eyed these young ones are….Grace and Greta and Emma……sigh. your poem is so sadly beautiful.
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Thank you, Sherry.
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So true – and so well-written. I see it as a positive poem, in its hopefulness.
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Thank you, Rosemary.
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You had me at: birthing poems from blood and dirt… It’s where I get my poems from.
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🙂
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Everyone never will. But that’s how we recognize the special ones who do.
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True.
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It is the image, of the heart tattooed on every inch…beautiful. This just might be a perfect poem!! Thank you Kim.
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Thanks for reading and commenting, Annell.
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Bravo Kim! No everyone will scoff at the scars, the scarred. But those that don’t are special people. Most of my poems come from my scars.
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🙂
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Kim, such a powerful message in few words. I love it.
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Thank you so much, Linda!
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“that we might end
in a place where everyone
appreciates the beauty of scars”
I completely agree.
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There is indeed, a beauty in scars. So true.
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If we are the product of everything that happened to us, it is only fair that we love our scar which don’t stop reminding us of that. Beautiful poem, Kim.
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Thank you so much, Kenia.
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Sooo good, Kim. For sure scars and tattoos dont go away, they stay. Like, “The world can’t change its heart of scars, they are tattooed on every inch,” I haven’t a tattoo and cant decide where it goes if I were to get it.
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Thank you, Jim. I’m too much of a wimp to get a tattoo. My husband has my share. 🙂
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reminding us of where we began (etc)… Yes that is the magic of scars – and the fact they can be healing…
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It’s the internal scars that never heal.
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