Vessels

Uncovering scars unknown A vestige of a darker time When we farmed our wounds like livestock More nourished than we ever were Are we all just vessels? I’m peeling flesh again Bloodletting over sacred texts The silver spoon of indulgence salutes As we fall short of our virtues Are we all just vessels for our deeper pain? I am not just my trauma I am not just my scars It’s a piece of me, not foundational Inch by wretched inch Falter by falter I will reach the surface I will learn to heal