Layers

Have you ever felt the layers beneath your skin? Layers that hide behind this thick Bruised, scarred but touched, loved exterior Ones that have developed over the years Through the smiles and pain Mostly, the pain. Layers that shield you from the atrocities of mankind, Layers that not hide but protect your raw core your pure existence You. Layers that sometimes reveal themselves To you Or the world By change, chance or choice Your vulnerable flesh That whispers to you And sometimes screams To be someone else In your head, In your heart. Have you ever felt the layers beneath your skin Trying to find an escape To unravel you bare To strip you of your pretences To strip you of your judgements Your assumptions, To strip you of you. I wonder sometimes what hides beneath these layers I wonder what you and I and we and they would be Without our layers Without boundaries. Would we clench our fists in frustration Or gulp down hurtful cries Or in moments of love Voice our heartfelt desires? I wonder sometimes what hides beneath these layers Ones that you and I and we and they so easily hide I wonder what it would feel like- The layers beneath your skin and mine. Name:- "Your Best New Poem" Contest Sponsor:- Emile Pinet