we are all fledgling tender
as the constructs of
living imposes experience
tracing lines upon our faces
scars of hard tissue form
in places where the soft
should have always remained
in the seeking of warm embrace
callous collides with desire
mired down in the bleed
of yesterday's memories
how we re-condition to heal
is the resilient determination
ultimately, our own volition
katherine wyatt ©2011