I Should Have Learned Not to Take Injuries Lightly

Injuries come in many different ways

But I like to separate them into two groups:

Small injuries and big injuries

With small injuries,

I cry

I can get stung by a wasp

I can get a papercut

I can flip a nail

And I’d still feel more pain than when something’s serious

I got half my pinkie’s nail chewn up,

bleeding for some time

I vasovagaled several times,

the lack of blood not painful

I’m even developing a scar,

because I accidentally hit my shin against a metal bench too hard

You should’ve seen it

It turned blue and purple right away,

right around the pitted dent in my skin

I hope the scar it leaves is better than my ex-dad’s!

I know these things should hurt,

but they don’t

and I know I shouldn’t be happy about it,

especially with more injuries or problems to come

So, I’ll try to take big injuries seriously,

and the small injuries mindfully