Scars

Fire consumes my eyes
Each tear searing my skin
Streams burning down my cheeks
Etching more paths of sorrow

How many lines do I have?
How deep are these furrows?
The etchings across my face
Revealing my heart's hidden pain

In one quick instance
My hopes are crushed
Dreams that I once held dear
Never to be fulfilled

Like a phantom I exist now
Barely moving through the world
Only a shadow of the being
That my friends once knew

I cling to this life
Grasping onto any hand hold
My fingers clawing the surface
Nails ripped to the bone

I tip my hat to you
And then I bid farewell
Your work here is done
My heart ripped to shreds

Each tattered ribbon
Trying to bind to me
Only one small flicker
Holding my heart together

So this pain I will endure
Just another scar to bear
Were a wound was ripped open
And my heart healed again