Wounds that heal add thickness to the skin - <br />thick scars prevent them opening again. <br />It’s not the same for wounds that lie within. <br /> <br />A knife of steel, a dagger or a pin <br />will draw red blood but we’ll forget the pain - <br />wounds that heal add thickness to the skin. <br /> <br />The knives of words of scorn cut deeper in. <br />They wound the soul and it is very plain <br />it’s not the same for wounds that lie within. <br /> <br />Though cruel words are not as cardinal a sin <br />as Abel’s murder of his brother Cain, <br />wounds that heal add thickness to the skin - <br /> <br />internal scars will make the skin more thin - <br />external healing’s easier to attain; <br />it’s not the same for wounds that lie within <br /> <br />and whether dealt by strangers or by kin <br />scars of wounded pride will long remain. <br />Wounds that heal add thickness to the skin. <br />It’s not the same for wounds that lie within.<br /><br />Janice Windle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/growing-pains-scars/
