Scabs

When you open a scab
A new one comes in
You bleed a little less
You grow healthier skin

When you scratch it later
It opens once more
But your skin just turns pink
There's no blood left to pour

It gets thinner and thinner
Each time till it heals
Till your skin is normal
And the nerves there can feel

Once its all better
And again it gets cut
Then more blood will spill
The slower it will shut

It takes longer this time
And the times that follow
Until finally again
The spot runs hollow

Then your skin's healthy
For now anyway
Until the time comes
When pain swings your way

Each time it gets worse
When we repeat mistakes
Let others walk on us
Until our backs break

More blood comes
The scabs will grow
Until our bodies are covered
From head to toe.