A superficial scald

From spill of a cup of tea

Was all it took

For You

To set seal

Mark me

Leave me branded for lifetime?

Week after week

I've been out to check

To only find

While all else has healed

This mark 

unfaded  untainted by time

Adorns my skin

Brandishing against pale 

With its dark mystic shine

I smile now - well aware 

It's not ordinary

I was branded thus

Devoutly to Dance
Alone in attendance 

as Thine!