don’t bring it up in the first place

there’s a burn scar on my hand
that’s supposed to signify something
perhaps something that happened long ago
and i’m just not in the right headspace to talk about it right now
so maybe it’s best if we just drop the subject right now
and yes
i understand that i was the one that brought it up to begin with
but also
sometimes i can’t help but solicit attention for the scars
from childhood that seem to never go away