Erase these Scars by Joel Brogon

Lies that you told me / Were unusually cruel

Said you loved me / And I was your own

How was I to know / That you would only break my soul

Love was just a tool of your control

I cannot recover / all the years that were lost

When I was / A prisoner of your lair

It’s all that I can do some days / To keep from hating you

Hatred only keeps me in your snare

I have tried / To forgive and forget you

But I think that just might be / A bridge too far

Time they say / Is the healer of all wounds

But I don’t think time could ever / Erase these scars

Erase these scars

Sometimes in the darkness / I think I see you there

Out of the corner / of my eye

Haunting apparition / of a life I left behind

Pray that one day you will leave my mind

I have tried / To forgive and forget you

But I think that just might be / A bridge too far

Time they say / Is the healer of all wounds

But I don’t think time could ever / Erase these scars

Time they say / Is the healer of all wounds

But I don’t think time could ever / Erase these scars

Erase these scars / Erase these scars

One of my most personal pieces, "Erase These Scars" delves into the enduring impact and emotional scars that linger long after an abusive relationship has ended. My hope is that anyone who has been through such an experience can find some healing in these words.