Under the skin

Maybe there are some things

Too deeply etched in our skin

To ever go away again

Maybe there are some connections

That leave a scar

That in time heals over

But never the less continues to ache

When resonances are felt

Rising to the surface again

Reminding us of all the beauty and the terror

Which was a part

Of that particular tendril of our soul’s journey

Just possibly

Some experiences are too deeply interwoven

Into the tapestry of us

That to try to deny them

Would like be like trying

To will the sun and the moon

And the stars stop shining

And maybe not everything

That others tell us must be put behind us

Can ever be permanently erased

For didn’t it in the end

Become part of us

Changing the way our souls

Shaped us

Enriching the fabric

Of who we became

Under the skin