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Internal Bleeding

January 5, 2013
By SpyceChik GOLD, Accra, Other
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SpyceChik GOLD, Accra, Other
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A nail pierced my foot last week
the wound bled
and bled like the River Nile
and widened like the mouth of a baby crying its first cry
and became red like a ripe tomato at harvest season
and infected, like a magnet to metallic flies
and then healed;
a scar bearing its memory

Needle words pricked my heart last year
the wound bled
and bled only in trickles
and never even widened
and never changed colour
and never got infected
and I am still waiting;
for it to heal

© Asia B., Hudson, MA

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Sometimes emotional pain is much deeper than physical pain.
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TheSkyOwesMeRain GOLD said...
on Jan. 15 2013 at 1:24 am
TheSkyOwesMeRain GOLD, Irvine, California
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Life isn&#039;t measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments which take your breath away.<br /> <br /> You are only as strong as your weakest link.

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I love the description in the first stanza! And I totally agree, emotional pain is so much worse!