red sticky tears… By Toni Cross

these knees are crying

red sticky tears

from bearing the brunt

of so many falls

rocks and dirt

beneath tender skin

becoming part of a scab

someday

that scab

will grow into a scar

and then

sleek whiteness

will be peppered

with even paler

tiny mountains

and valleys

ridges and bumps

 hills

snow-covered hills

that tell the tale

of bloody congealing droplets

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