Does my skin scare you?
Does my skin scare you? Does its olive tones stir up A fear so cold It makes your own turn blue? Or is it the scarf I wear To hide my dark-hued hair? Your eyes…
Skin
All These things I've seen in my life, they make me question who I really am inside. Is this skin I live in my skin? Or the skin of society sewn over me like the patchwork of a mad man?
Challengers
8 entriesFaces in the Wall
As this is being written, I find myself in a padded cell. The faces continue to manifest themselves in the carpeted floor, the padded walls, every surface in…
Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus
Like Thomas plunging prurient fingers into Christ’s bleeding side, Shaw slid scissors under brittle skin, snipped through dead fur to find stitches beneath…
Just Skin
We live our lives judging others by the outward appearances. The clothes we wear, the style of our hair, and what how much money we can spend. We also judge by…
Wearing it on the Outside
I came into life covered in my mother’s blood. She died shortly thereafter and the blood was now my own. My father was less than nothing. He was subhuman and…
New Skin
It was time. Sana stood naked in the moonlight, her pale skin made silver. Her long red hair spilled down her back. She remembered when she had seen it for the…