skin.

adhere to the rules.
stay straight.
walk tall.
go my way, you say.
everyone looks down.
and proud.
sad and coherent frowns.
angry.
at what i've filed.
gone and styled.
the wrong fashion.
fashioned.
don't make it too clear.
protection.
unprotected.
no direction.
a little shaken.
enough to turn around.
protection.
opposite direction.
my skin can't close in.
not enough.
too much.
unaware.
protection.
i am never close enough.
everyone.
a selected few?
no.
everyone.
try harder, you say.
but there is no way.
breaking.
me.
down.

my edge, my skin.

won't allow my deepest sin.
too deep.
to let someone in.
no one knows me at all.
all i do is fall.
a regular hypocrite.

protection.
miss no direction.

a thousand words could never be.
how close i am to me.
feeling lost.
no feeling at all.
overbearing.
burden.
burdened.
with.
a.
slight.
fraction.