Scars
Everyone has fought
In battles of their own.
Whether with family or friends,
In lands far away or close to home.
Wounds do we receive
From the wars that we waged.
Some heal completely
While others stay an age.
Some people are proud
Of the markings of their wars.
They bear them with pride
And consider themselves lords.
Others see them as nothing
But a trivial mere scrape.
Something that reminds them
Of the bitterness and hate.
Still others do not pay them
Heed or time or worth.
Instead ignoring comments
And into the world forth.
But there are some people
That think as my mind does.
The scars I bear cause me
To remember who I was.
The battles I fought in
I never really won.
Captured by the enemy
Treated like no one.
The scars that I bear
I am ashamed of and hide.
They are not from strength
Or from courageousness or pride.
The things I have done
And the sins I have committed,
Gave rise to the scars I bear
And of my faith skidded.
My enemies return
Every now and then,
To remind me of my worthlessness
How sinful I had been.
You see, unlike the others
I have no battle scars.
They were taken all from me
By the one who wins all wars.