identity
June 8, 2026Cartography of Scars
Map me by my scars—
each one a coordinate
of where I've been
and what I survived.
This one on my knee:
childhood recklessness,
the summer I thought
I could fly.
This one on my heart:
the winter someone left
without a forwarding address.
I am a landscape
of healed wounds
and weathered roads,
and I am still
worth exploring.
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