I am not my scars
Rather, I am the way my scars were put there.
Do not define me by the way I treat myself
Instead, define me by the way I treat you.
Do not think that just because I have scars, I have a beautiful,
tragic story
But recognise that we all have stories, waiting to be told.
Do not think that I am broken because of what I do
Because in reality, I'm no more broken than you.
-rv