Scars
the cherry
motel
used to be
red
remember it
being red
and it was red
for a while
not now
though
now when
I drive past it
I see blue
and she was
in grade school
then
a little adult
she was
and so
when it got
to be
so bad
the adult told
the child
you must leave
and the child
listened
and drove
the little adult
to the little motel
and they lived there
the two of them
for a little while
and each day
the bruises
got lighter
and lighter
until one day
you couldn’t
see them
black
no more
you just saw
blue
TL