'Scars' by Ramona Gore

It’s amazing

how so many injuries

that feel like the end of the world

don’t even leave a scar

That the wounds on my hands

from the time I scraped them

on the sidewalk

left behind no blemishes

Even though I recall

sobbing my eyes out

and in the most pain

I ever thought I could be

Yet there are nicks on my fingers

from things I can’t even remember

leaving their mark on me

in a way they couldn’t in my memories

All Rights. Ramona Gore.

Ramona Gore is currently a Cinema and History major at Binghamton University, minoring in Asian and Asian American Studies. Her work has been published in Duck Duck Mongoose Magazine, Idle Ink, coalitionworks, and Roi Fainéant Press.