My Scars, Too Are Real

When the color of hope
touches your skin
leaving small scars
I hope you will
remember it

because at the end of the day
when we put away our tools and
our drive home is complete and we begin to unwind
it's the color of hope that will lead us calmly and cooly
to our beds

and when the autumn fragrance dances with the color orange
will you also, dance with me?
I ask this because my scars, too
are real