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Tuesday, 29 September 2020

The Shedding of Skins

 The Shedding of Skins

And what of the future

And a life that differs from yesteryear?

To cast off old restrictions

The tightness of being

The shallow breathing

That chokes and throttles

To peel away the papery epidermis

Shadow of what once had been

And things that went before

The thin constriction of many years

An outgrown palimpsest

Dry and crispy cracking

Of empty outer skin

To leave behind

Without a single thought

The rough leavings

And abandoned bindings

Simple and superfluous

And to emerge renewed

Wet, supple and slippery

Glistening smooth

A new creature escaping

Bright-featured in appearance

Yet far more changed within

 

 Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2020

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