mystery injuries

i am prone to mystery injuries.  i've never been one of those dainty little princesses and i'm not particularly graceful. so it's not surprising that i sometimes discover scratches, cuts, and bruises on my body of whose origin i haven't the faintest clue.  there are simply too many possible options..

still, every time i discover one of these inevitable injuries i stare and i think and i think and i think...."when did this happen?  how did this happen?"  today, as i was massaging lotion into my legs after my shower a familiar stinging sensation alerted me to the 6 small cuts on my left knee.  i stared and i thought....and eventually i decided that it was probably that semi-nasty fall i had when i was running to my car in the rain the other day.  who knows for sure, but my mind simply wouldn't let it go until i decided on the source.

i seem to have the same issues in life sometimes.  i'm just continuing along with my life when suddenly something or someone triggers a reaction and all of a sudden i recognize this pain that i never knew existed in my soul.  (yeah, i just went there.  ...my soul.  but it's true.)  and sometimes i know exactly where the pain is coming from - which crappy guy or past heart hurt is the cause.  other times, though, it's simply a mystery injury.

after a decade of dating all the wrong guys and a myriad of bad experiences with them, well, one can end up with a few of these latent pains.  they go undetected for months, sometimes years at a time and then they surface in the midst of the most random moments.

luckily, like the 6 small cuts on my knee, once these mystery injuries are discovered it's much easier to speed up the healing process.  it's only a matter of time before the cuts scab over and are eventually cured.  and if i've done a good job with proper care, then i won't even have any scars as reminders.