untitled

i piled it on
layer by layer
hiding and disguising

Someday
i’ll take it all off

layer
by layer
until i stand
unclothed
nude
naked
bare

the courage i now don’t possess
will insist that
I stand tall
in defiance
unashamed

unafraid that I
stand exposed
exposing what is true
even if vulnerably so

maybe then
you’d be the one
to cower
or turn away
weighed down
by your layers of
pretense
your many façades

while I walk
tall and unencumbered
proudly naked
and
honest