Fading Scar
- Vishaal Pathak
- Mar 22
- 1 min read
by Vishaal Pathak
Most days, this fading scar gets me
Like an old friend (foe?) would,
And we’ve learnt to get along.
But some days,
It gets under the skin,
Rekindles a wound; perhaps like an injured bone
That broke and healed – fractures long gone,
Yet stings unannounced, each winter.
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Vishaal writes short stories and poems and occasionally clicks a picture. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in ARTS by the People, Five on the Fifth, The Kelp Journal, Vermilion, The Rainbow Poems, Open Minds Quarterly, Good Printed Things, redrosethorns journal, Just Milieu Zine and Metonym Journal. When not writing or daydreaming, he can be found exploring a new trail.
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