Aaron Coleman
Kéloїde
“When I stand before thee at the day’s end thou shalt see my scars
and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.” —Tagore, from “Stray Birds”
Look: anxious badge
bubbling up. Scar
tissue that binds memory to flesh.
See how blood and dirt fused
the bloom. Infection shine
lit the surface
of human water. Birthing
protection. Spalted wood,
splintered home-
grown canoe. Tear
at the scab and
let each tear teach you.
photo: Andrea Bolivar