mottled by scars
my leg has suffered
as a doctors’ pin cushion,
poked and probed
for medical curiosity.
now my skin stings
from the needles’ bite,
piercing my flesh
with a trail of color,
enveloping the trauma
in new growth,
rewriting my history
in a hopeful vein.
9.2.17
Eliza Alys Young, aka CreativEliza, is a free spirit, world traveler, creative expert, and part of multicultural family… Eliza shares her time between the US, Dominican Republic and beyond. When she is not caring for her high-energy kids, writing her poetry or for her blog, creating art or cooking up a storm, she is designing for her own company, Design Intense.
