Damage
by Wendy Darling

How can things so long ago
Hurt me even now?
Scars that have healed,
But imprecisely,
And for many of them I wonder,
"What caused this?"

I cannot think of the precise moment
The cuts were made,
But I know the knives came down,
Lots of blood oozed out,
Sullying me, staining my flesh
My mind.

And only now, years later,
Have I recognized
That blood.

About the Author:
Wendy Darling (nickname Wiebke Fesch) is a web designer, fanfic author, and editor of Inception. She lives in Atlanta, GA, where she is self-employed, operating her own web design business, Metro Girl. Wendy is co-author of a Wraeththu Mythos novel called Breeding Discontent, and is an editor with Immanion Press. You can reach Wendy at wdarling@abraxis.com.