Scars are earned not acquired
Then I deserve a medal of honor

My scars paint a grotesque and battered portrait
They mar my skin with memories of pain

I have scars not from battle wound
My scars are from a civil war happening within my very own head

My scars openly display my suffrage like a museum
My very own hands tore the flesh away in the idea that it will make peace within myself

I cannot rid myself of my scars
I can only wear them like they are my best clothes and it's Sunday