Poetry Collection

Etched on My Heart

Written for Kansaspoet contest.

Why do you treat me
as if I'm made of steel?

Your insults cut deep
far too deep to heal.

I put up a guard
but it's only a sham.

Can't you see through it?
Don't you know who I am?

The sensitive one
Who's tears aren't free.

My feeling are buried
for none to see.

Every painful expression
Etched on my heart.

Scars to deep to forgive,
too painful to start.