Third Degree Burn

by Nicole M. - Gemini

It cooked the skin right off of me
Not an inch to be left on
Beyond the pain of scaulding water
It was much much worse than that
Because of it
Third degree burns
Cover my entire body
Caused
Not by fire 
nor by water
But by
Truth.

Birth sign: Gemini
Date created: 2001-02-16 20:28:13
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:37
Poem ID: 60430

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