Show them your scars

the deepest, most hideous

still raw and tender, buried deep

disguised by your pride,

those, and that broke your stride.

Make them aware

of who set the bar,

for the threshold of pain,

where nothing else remains.

Show them your scars,

caused by one body,

many faces,

those extending far

into your secret places.

On a path of self-destruction,

mutilation,

the final level of intoxication.

Black, the end, the flirtation.

Scars,

shadowing your thoughts,

darkening your heart,

challenging reason.

Scars, to end all seasons.

Show them your scars,

those that compelled awareness.

an awakening.

The scars that forced a rebirth,

protruding light over the shadows,

creating anew,

the scars to trump all the others,

the scars I gave you.