She Walks Alone

She walks alone
Her arms across her chest
Protecting the one thing that has been hurt too many times
The scars and stitches etched there like a tattoo
She gets hurt every time her arms move
But she keeps doing it
Letting the arms fall every time she feels it mending.

One scar is faint but still visible
Another wound is stitched up but getting fainter
The there is a new wound
A stitched up gash still oozing.

The girl walks alone
Afraid to walk with anyone
A scar on her heart is something she is used to
But something that still hurts.

She loses faith in her heart
Wants to board it up for good
before it is destroyed.