I am bare
Just skin against skin
Raw and beautiful
So soft and smooth
And easily scared
Be careful with this skin
It's wrapped around my thoughts
Like a turtle's shell
My heart is hidden beneath
Just in knifes reach
It bleeds and bleeds
Blood thick and bright

My skin is soft
Yet also scared
From careless love
Of a time past
The scars are faded
Faded scars can take a lifetime
A lifetime of pain
Of healing
To finally fade away into the background
Barely noticed
So be careful with this skin

Skin I'll let you caress
Caress it slowly
Gently
Lovingly
My skin knows all too well
A fast hand
The sting of a blade
And the wet sticky feel
Of blood
It's time this skin knows a caress
The warmth of a hug
The tenderness of love