Smothering

by Beth - Scorpio

Your secret
gnaws at you
picking the scab
as it festers
underneath

pick
      pick
             pick

relentlessly
stripping away
defenses
one pick 
at a time
until 
your secret
becomes
your deformity
exposed
naked
causing you
to keep on 
picking
What will you do
when there is nothing
left to pick at?
Birth sign: Scorpio
Date created: 2002-04-19 03:35:49
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:22
Poem ID: 69266

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