I'd peel off my skin and cover you
Not only to make yours thicker
But to warm you in my blood, sweat, and love
Because you, beautiful creature, deserve a better fate
From time to time, I burn my hair, face, and body
To be fair enough for the touch of your brightened reflections of me
Suffocate my lungs with the most gorgeous of cloths
Paint my face over with colored powders and animal paste
Lather and layer over every speck of me
Stress my curves
Cloak my flaws
Mask my trace
Then with great courage and fear
Skin my protection
Pluck my nerves
Unmask my vulnerability
In hopes that one day
You'll love more than just my plastered parts.
-- V.L. Gonzalez
About the Creator
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I AM
This is not who I thought I would be. Before my family was captured and forced into slavery, I had aspirations of becoming a wealthy business owner or possibly a scholar and philosopher. Becoming a warrior was the furthest thing from my mind. Unfortunately, our Roman conquerors had other plans.
By Mark Gagnon3 days ago in Fiction
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