Scars

• Jade Marshall Stoltenberg, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2019

We fake happiness just to get by,
Put on false confidence just to feel alive,
We play with the monster hoping we’ll fly,
Run from our troubles trying to survive.
We’re beaten, we’re bruised, we’re broken inside,
Our scars won’t fade so our scars we despise,
But this hurt, this pain, we will not abide,
The truth they all tell us are goddamn lies.
Because behind those lines is a beauty so bright,
It’s our strength, our courage, the love we show,
Behind the darkness is a bright sunlight,
So scars and all, you’re perfect from head to toe.