You can’t touch it
Like the gummy pink scar
Over which your fingers nervously run.
You can’t heal it
With a kiss from mom
Or a few stitches at the hospital.
You can’t ignore it
Like a tumor
Slowly infesting your body
You can only try to hide it
Like a hickey
From a bad one-night stand.
But it never goes away -
And it never goes away -
So it never goes away -
It will never go away.