Pulling out of the old scarred skin <br />(old rough thing I don't need now <br />I strip off <br />slip out of <br />leave behind) <br /> <br />I slough off deadscales <br />flick skinflakes to the ground <br /> <br />Shedding toughness <br />peeling layers down <br />to vulnerable stuff <br /> <br />And I'm blinking off old eyelids <br />for a new way of seeing <br /> <br />By the rock I rub against <br />I'm going to be tender again<br /><br />Harryette Mullen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/shedding-skin/
