Wearing Your Skin

I pulled your skin

over my skeleton today,

breaking glass

lets me see within,

experiencing the enigma

of your exposed soul.

We are not less,

we are not more.

We all bleed the same.

Our continuous circle

includes us all -

we hurt and scream

at injustice,

are empowered to

change the world.

Who was that masked man

before I tore the blinders

and revealed my true self?

Peeling off falsified truth

I peek under the skin

We all bleed the same

I wash the towel

of tossed integrity,

drip into the night,

blood spills from my lips,

I’ll remember this day.

We are brothers and sisters

under our skins

We all bleed the same.

My friend, I donned

your skin today

feeling your pangs

of need and want.

Fingerprints mark

our genetics

but not our hearts.

We build a tall wall

of embezzled emotions

but I am

the reality of you.

We all bleed the same.