'Cicatrize' (healing by forming scars) 8-5-8-5-9

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8 – I don't wear short sleeved shirts that often,

5 – Feeling vulnerable and too self-conscious,

8 – Anxious from the scared reaction I might get

5 – If people see my arms,

9 – Reminders of a different time, when healing needed harm.


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