Shattered, skin begins to peel,
Fractured, neurons fail to feel;
Fragments blister, lose their grip,
Smithereens abandon ship.
Underneath, as damage heals,
skin is soft, and raw, and real;
Tree lets go of what was dead
to grow in grace and truth instead.
Meanwhile, Melody Muses... 
Letting go is hard 😦 … and only possible with the Healer 🙂
So true, Heidi, so true! 🙂
tragic, yet beautiful. Miss you Mell!
Aw, Mushy – I was just thinking about you, and thinking back over the lessons of the past few weeks. How grateful I am for the things that are being stripped away – painful, yes. But what is coming through is better skin – there is hope for me yet! 🙂
Pretty graphic images–and realistic. Have a blessed day–love, Caddo
Thanks Caddo! I’m home today after a long day trip yesterday in treacherous road conditions – Whew!
Yay! I’m thankful you got home safe–maybe you could put up your feet, eat bon bons and watch soap operas (cackling with laughter at the image)!
Bon bons? Soap operas? Sheesh… 🙂 (How DID she know?)
Well mused.
Thank you! 🙂
I believe that if we could see all things thru an eternal perspective, we would rejoice even in the demise of things, etc.
I am just learning that lesson in my own life…
Lovely photo and poem, Melody! I love the look of bark that peels and shows us what’s underneath… Sometimes we need to be ‘shattered’ so our ‘skin is soft, and raw, and real;’ I love this analogy! But I don’t enjoy its application. 😉
Blessings ~ Wendy
Hmmm – I know exactly what you mean! The lesson may be rough – but the glory in the end is incredible!
I feel the beauty taking shape here!
I do too! I know you have also lost – and are raw underneath. But it seems that this new flesh contains more compassion, more mindfulness, more character. Something new and beautiful…
I need to be like that tree, more and more! Thanks , Melody and God bless you for our lessons!
A teacher at heart, huh? Whatever I learn, I feel compelled to pass along! 🙂
nice poem……….
Thank you!
Smells of…well…me 🙂 This is how I look these days, after a month in wintery Romania 🙂
I doubt that very much. You probably look your glamorous self, as always! 😉