Scar

Still, it is on your skin

Visible

recovered

not so well

that it is rugged

not only is it

so painful of

getting hurt

It takes time

It takes time to heal up

                     to heal up the wound

Nothing can be done

except waiting

and waiting









time passes

in an especially slow pace

the gap

between that tick and that tok

so long

long enough that you lost touch with time

no longer heard that tick-tok

heard nothing

but your own voice of breathing



a deep breath

exhale

feel like smoke coming out your nose and mouth

lingering through the air

lingering through the mind

you haven't touched any alcohol

you wish you did

paralyzed is better than painful, you think



Time is a medicine

it heals us

gradually

it kills us

eventually

Still, it is on your skin

you can see it

touch it

the surface of the scar

rugged,

felt from the tip of your fingers

painful?

not anymore physically

Painful

that I remembered

the day of getting hurt

the days after getting hurt

the days before getting hurt

Painful that

you couldn't forget

the painfulness

deep-rooted

on the soil of your brain

not on skin

anymore