Best Stripped Down Poems

"Stripped Down"

Stripped down
the external shed,
snakes aren’t what you think

stripped down 
the external shed,
skins hung on a beam 

overhead,
hanging souls 
and their fangs

penetrating

Stripped down,
you hear me now?
Stripped down 

inside 
outside,
upside down

Stripped down,
what you looking at now?
Reflection 

inside
Light,
outside

power 

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
gvlm-llb
"Lux Vitae" -
"Vitae Lux"














homonyms.
shed
beam

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As I stood tall strong unmovable from life itself, my mind focused ,balanced with no 
worry of tomorrow.

Then it "happened" pain from a bleeding heart starvation came upon me from within.

I was stripped down to nothing

My mouth opened but the words were silent, my throat...

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it's how we cast shadows
our scattered pieces that stick in your throat 
or mellow you out on inhalation 

but tell me, how gently will you hold me -
now I'm laid bare?

I don't know anymore 
if I'm held together just by your glance 
or the fact...

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