lift the veil
these things are real
you
love
truth
beauty
and justice
at the core of all things
be the light that shines through
peel back transparent skin
taste beyond the flavours fed to you
experience
is the flesh of life
suck her juices
spit her pith
walk the way that leads you back to you
justice
beauty
truth
and love
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yesterday
old skin,
dead skin,
is the dust on the road where you’ve already been.
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adapting
our bodies are our costumes for this life,
wrapped up in elastic skin,
for the adaptation of a lifetime
requires constant changing
A contest entry
- Skin by Zayra Yves.
1000 points, ended May 6, 2008, 41 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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