PROSE TO POETRY | EXCERPT
Of Scars
What is your kind of scar?
“This too shall pass.” “Everything does. Except scars.”
Scars.
Meshworks of causes, reasons and justifications that cover up the open wounds. Those are called scars. And they say, "This, too, shall pass."
Often, it does. It does pass. But there is that casual footprint in the sand, with some depth, left behind to remind you, you have been walked over.
There are those fingerprints all over your heart to remind you, your heart had been handled, juggled with.
Then there are the little fireflies that circle the only light in your soul, reminding you how dark it is without this little chaos of attracted insects that arrive to light up your world fleetingly.
And then, there are scars — those that remain, take losses to a new level. Those that etch pain on papers and translate it into readable, forgettable words.
Scars with a rhythm. With life. With lessons.
Those are my kind of scars.
Scars that adorn the soul.
© Sana Rose 2020
This was originally written as prose and is an excerpt from my second novel ‘The Storyteller’, psychological fiction, which is under evaluation by publishers.
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Sana Rose is an award-nominated novelist, poet, physician, counseling professional, freelance writer and mom. She is based out of Kerala, India. Her debut novel ‘Sandcastles’ was shortlisted for ARL Literary Awards 2018 for Best Author soon after publication.
