"Scar"

I am forgettable.
Easily spotted, not-so-easy
to explain away.
There is laughter there
where pain was--
is.
I remind you
of your childhood.
Of dresses flirting with knees
Of games played in bathrooms,
echoing caverns
where no one hears you scream.
There is no blood
Only bone
Bypassing the heart
as iron connects
and strikes instead at the skeleton of things.