Scars

The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal. ~Astrid Alauda

Life is a cluster of injuries
And some scars can be seen
But the hardest to heal are

The scars which are unseen.


Some scars are due to injuries
Some burns can be cured
But the hardest to heal are
The scar caused by a word.


Speak less and speak to heal
And never ever to injure
The damage your words do
There is no humanly cure. - Vasant Khisty


This poem is inspired by a Poem Kabirdas Ji of India. Aisi bani boliye man ka aapa khoye, auro ko sheetal kare, aap hu sheetal hoye. This means that the words that you speak should be soothing, such that they soothe you and soothe the listeners.