Speckled on the ring finger lie
a pair of tiny freckles,
two little points on pale skin.
One centred between
knuckle and joint -
dark, like the skin was punctured
by a pin,
a scar never fading.
Or like a drop
of chocolate I forgot to lick
away.
I sometimes forget this -
absently rubbing it
with a fingertip,
sucking away a non-existent
sting.
I wonder, vaguely,
how the thing got there.
I don’t remember if
it has always been a part of me.
The other sits to the side -
the quiet one,
almost melting into the background.
I think it must have an
inferiority complex;
it being the paler -
I sympathise.
They may both be covered one day,
who knows. It’s possible.
But that ring
is bound to slip.
They always do
and never quite fit,
first having to squeeze over the bulge
to the slimmer stem
where they hang irresolute.
And would it not irritate
to have it there each day?
slipping and sliding in complaint -
prevented from escape only by
that distended knot.
Would it not bite the skin with age?
trapping my freckles forever
beneath its ornamental cage.
Those specks of doubt -
they’ll forever shout and rage.
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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hmmm the imagery you have here is like what most people have said right out of my head... I find myself soo much in this penning.. It keep me reading as if I had wrote this write and was re reading it for the 100th time... well done. This is me too a ""T"" great job!! and keep it up!
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love it
It's like you picked thoughts from my brain. I sometimes obssess about minor flaws in/on my body. What a clever way to write about something most people don't consider. I have absolutely done all the things described in the poem! -
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Wow, that was incredible. I understood completely the meaning of this poem, if I do say so myself. I applaud you greatly!
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