The Skin You Don't Know

The Skin You Don’t Know

By

Lisa A. Williams

Wear it gently-

Feel its unfamiliar sheath-

Hold

the one it was born to,

in all its keloidal ache, and

need.

Savor timeless

brine

trickling down, crimson faces

 burnt by enduring

 winds.

Wear it

until it molds to the shape

of all it must embrace.