Non-healing wound

The scar that doesn't heal
The hurt that keeps on hurting
Cannot be dismissed by ibuprofen
Or Tums.
The heart can't be healed
With band aids or duct tape
Or explained away with
Self serving solicitations on TV.
Each day takes you one step away
From the fresh pain
The newer hurt, the unforgiving ache.
Each day steps more into the world of
Now instead of then
And the world seeps itself into
Your conscious mind, blurring the thoughts
Numbing the tracks, smearing the lines
Of thought.
Until time slowly slips a skin over the
raw mark. But it never goes away.
And it breaks afresh once in a while
In a tide of onrushing emotions that can't
Be held back with tissues, but is helped with hugs.
Until, once again, the steps of each new moment
Take you out of the past into the day with
A broken heart and a scar that can't be healed.