The Operating Table

Can you slice a soul in deep painful strokes
with a scalpel of abuse
and then call the wound
curiosity's reward?

Knowledge learned
from a bleeding human heart
carries a price in the coins of sorrow
dropped from memory's pouch
for years to come.

Social surgeon's
performing elective operations
based upon appearance
miss the beauty that can never be seen
where their numb conscience's
are unable to remember
their prejudice's cosmetic surgery doesn't heal.