Keloid

Showering, my shampoo bottle mocks me

The word “HEAL” is printed on it loudly

I swear that I have been trying


I cannot will my mind to forget you

I cannot force my heart to clean up

The mess of the spills you caused


I can hide my shaking hands

I can find more friends to mend

But I cannot heal how I am supposed to


If my nails keep scratching at the scabs on my body

Which is all I have been able to do