Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Bruise

By J.R. Barner

Bruise

Blood without blood
Brokenness yet unbroken
Dark enough
To call attention
To this
Purplish
Nebula of pain.
I let my
Fingers
Trace its
Circumference
To take in
The reminder
To remember
The motivation
Lying beneath
The skin.







Article © J.R. Barner. All rights reserved.
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