Bruises

What color are your marks?
From whom did they come?

And are they healing?

I have bruises

in all colors and sizes

and they aren't from God

I am marked, up and down

inside and out

the sources are too grand to list

but their existence is ever present

They come in many forms:

fear

self-doubt

self hate

loneliness

selfishness

defensiveness

inadequacy

lust

judgemental- ism

and worst of all

abuse

Bruises take time to heal

even if gone on the surface

they still are bothersome

underneath

Wherever you have bruising

God step in

to lessen your marks--

to lighten their color--

to make smaller their size--

Eventually they

will heal

over time

one

bruise

at

a

time.