There's something special about
letting someone see you.
Really see you.

Your birthmarks and scars
your weird moles and skin bunches
your heart and soul and worries
and beliefs.

I could be completely naked
and you wouldn't know a thing about me
but to see my body and my soul
is utter knowledge of me.

I would like to
have you see all that my body is
and holds.
I want to show you how
my thighs have stretch marks.
and my shoulder blades pop out.
I want you to know the way I say
the simplest phrases
and how my tongue gets twisted
when I tell you how I feel.

I want to bestow upon you
the intimacy of showing myself.