erasers #2

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[a/n: i know i wrote a poem with this title before (it's the second poem in this book), but i thought it would be fun to explore this again, hence the second poem about erasers. anyways, hope you enjoy!)

erasers
they only work on pencils, dont they?
they only work on
those graphite pencil markings

they dont work on
pen inks
or marker stains
or random paper cuts

but,
the mark you gave me
were thousands of hurtful words
written in pen
countless marker stains
ruining our friendship
many slashes, cuts
on my fragile heart
never to heal again

and all I have
are erasers

but
do they work?
will they remove the pain
you inflicted on me?
will they heal the scars
you gave me?
will they erase the hurtful words
you said to me?
will they remove the painful stains
you left in my memories?

no.
they wont.
no matter how many erasers I use
no matter how hard I try
no matter what I do
nothing, _nothing_ will ever work

nothing will erase
the pain
you gave me

sure,
pen inks fade over time
stains fade over time
wounds heal over time

but there is a mark
left in my heart
that cant be removed
just by simply using an eraser

and that's why
till today
years later
I cant bring myself
to trust you

because the scars, the marks
you gave me all those years ago
havent faded
and never will.

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