The nightmare digs into me 

and I wake up with claw marks on my skin

Claw marks going up my skin 

I feel the marks ever so slightly 

The pain from my touch causes me to shiver 

The marks are going to stay 

Maybe not as visible 

But whenever I look down I will remember 

Remember the terror and the fear that nightmare put me through 

The scars that came with that nightmare will stay

On my body til I die. 

These scars can be beautiful.

Though they come from tragedy 

I can make them beautiful.