Tuesday, October 16, 2012

pride

don't unwrap
your wounds
in public

spare others
the sight
of that mess

shield carefully
what's lurking
beneath the bandages

and when the
clot dries,
peel it off

absently
over and over again
till it grows

into a smooth scar
you can indifferently
boast about.

2 comments:

Aayushi Mehta said...

Made me flinch. Well written.

yash gupta said...

so much wisdom!
made me sit up!