Scabby
By sparksfley | September 2nd, 2008 | Category: Author- One Thing, Channel- Religion & Philosophy, Coping, Editor- Michele Sparks & Butterflies, Introspection, Self-Awareness, Jesus, Religion | No Comments »
Originally Posted at One Thing.
The
injury is old, but it is not completely healed. Much of the pain of it
has passed. I can hardly remember the reason it is there. Yet…when I
look at it, I am tempted. Tempted to pick at it. Tempted to touch it,
just a little. Maybe it’s ready to come off; maybe I can rush the
healing process. I shouldn’t. I know I should let it go.
But I’m a picker, by nature. I get a
little thrill from pulling at it, revisiting the cause of the hurt,
feeling it anew. But it’s never ready. It yields to my scratching and
blood flows all over again. It hurts again, bringing tears to my eyes
with the sting of it. Now it must heal again, struggling to repair the
damage, and it will take even longer.
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