Unattainable perfection <br />Highlighted flaws projected through a reflection <br />Glanced at through lowered eyes made heavy <br />With unanswered cries <br />Pleading for attention <br />Seeking redemption <br />Emotions seep through thin skin <br />Tightening the jaw making visible the tension <br />Which has taken residence within her <br />A body that betrayed her <br />Attention sought <br />Found in him <br />With their greeting <br />She loss the labels pure and innocent <br />Bestowing on him a gift she had yet to understand <br />In his wake she felt tainted used and self-hatred <br />Painfully aware of the absence of something that could never return <br />Failed attempts at ignoring the hurt <br />Carrying the mistakes of the past over every ledge <br />Onto every doorstep they crept <br />Regretting the moment allowing him to own it <br />Hating what can never be undone <br />A memory only and always <br />Provoking fantasies of different outcomes <br />But As the days go by fresh wounds fade to scarred flesh <br />Leaving only remnants of what occurred <br />Etched forever in the skin <br />A subtle mark the final reminder of her sin<br /><br />Amanda Grimes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/loss-59/
