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Setting Fire To Scars

Lauren Phillips-Freeman

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Set fire to your scars,
the ones etched on your soul in invisible ink,
imprints of careless words hurled long ago,
tease them out,
don’t be scared of them,
they are yours to do with as you will,
grind them into dust and scatter them to the wind,
lock them in a box and toss them in the sea,
the choice is yours.

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Lauren Phillips-Freeman

Lauren Phillips-Freeman is a language teacher and writer with a love of words in all their forms. She uses writing to help her process her own tangled emotions.