A sincere apology to those who may check on my blog from time to time - I have not posted anything new in a while and have probably left you with the impression that some weird fear of being watched has now gripped me and caused a stalemate of sorts. This is not so.
Once again, living life has trumped blogging about it, as it should, and has therefore caused delay in my thinking and writing and posting. I beg your forgiveness and offer new words as reward. Enjoy.
Blemishes
I've got this bump
Right under my nose.
I've been sitting here picking at it,
Though it hurts to do so.
I should just let it be,
But it's on my face.
And I've been thinking about it
All day -
Worrying that people will see it,
Feeling self conscious
And a bit ugly.
Powerful bump that is -
Able to downgrade my social status
To "Less than perfect",
At least in my own mind.
It's just a small bump, really -
Dwarfed by my nose and lips and eyes -
And the way my face is arranged
That allows others to identify me.
If others even noticed it, they would say,
"She has a little bump on her face today."
And not think a thing of it.
But for me, today,
It defined me -
It was huge and obvious
And embarrassing.
Strange how we sometimes identify ourselves
By our blemishes.
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