People who don’t feel pain
are covered in scars
they pull out their hair
scratch away their skin
People who don’t feel pain
bite their tongues
they do not cry, and choke
from inside out
People who do not love
have nothing to lose
they scratch and scratch
at the same spot
People who do not write
suffer in silence
on an island
far away.
numb skin
covered in old scars
that replace the absence
Carlisdania Mendoza is an MS3 who loves the beach, squirrels, and fairness, in that order. She has a flare for the melodramatic caused at least partially by her early exposure to telenovelas.
