Steam blurs the myself in my mirror
Maybe if i can’t see the form the static won’t come
Vulnerable I step out of my molt
Overwashed denim and a shirt once white
Already I yearn for the second skin
Shake out my hair and my thoughts
As I sink under the waterfall
With my eyes closed i can pretend
Drown in the white noise of this tiled prison
Lather up scrub away happiness in colored hair strands
Suds infected by cotton candy pink
A die job would last longer
Commitment only in
Skin like sycamore scarred
With words inked in raven shades
Like trees of oak it’s back to brown
Vision already seeking serotonin
in the form of saturation
Vestiges of last month’s cyan call out achingly
Another hue to find myself
Cracks in the whites of bloodshot eyes
Rose seams like stained glass
Betray lies of I’m fine tumbling over coffee stained enamel
Unlike my mind the hot water runs clear
Dissolving me to find
my solution
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