My Skin



I am more than just the skin,
the skin I'm living in.
I am breath of God and spirit of fire.
I am passions pulp and pure desire
with an angels heart, and goddess within
I am far from just this skin.

About this poem

I wrote this after a period of frustration with how women and especially young girls are inundated with images of what they should look like. And I wanted to send a positive message.

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Submitted by veilofsighs on July 15, 2023

Modified by veilofsighs on July 15, 2023

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Scheme AABBAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 202
Words 46
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

Meighan Leigh Freiling

Meighan is a poet living in the world. She earned a PHD in psychology but never lost her love of words. She has been published in The Green Heart Call, Word Riot and has one chapbook entitled Gravity. more…

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