The Skin I’m In
written by: Christine E. Ray
@Christabelle666
I am not easy in this skin
this ill-fitting suit of normalcy
sags in some places
is too tight in others
it chafes
rubs me raw
Soon others will notice
that I am only playing
at human
My demon claws
red eyes
shimmering scales
sharp horns
barely concealed
by this guise
The simmering rage
is starting to blister
the rubbery bottoms of my fake feet
Pray there are no witnesses
when the suit bubbles off
in long strips
and truth is revealed
© 2017 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All rights Reserved
Christine E. Ray lives outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A former Managing Editor of Sudden Denouement Publications, she founded Indie Blu(e) Publishing with Kindra M. Austin in September 2018. Ray is the author of the award-winning Composition of a Woman and The Myths of Girlhood. Her writing is also featured in SMITTEN This Is What Love Looks Like: Poetry by Women for Women an Anthology, We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art, Anthology Volume I: Writings from the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective, Swear to Me, and All the Lonely People. Read more of her work at Brave & Reckless.
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