take off your makeup
and your clothes
rid yourself
of fear that clutters
your god’s markmaking
slough off the murky bitter
the security blankets that shroud you
like oppression
like religion
kick the habit
wear your skin like the fucking fleshly vestment that it is
pay tribute to your creative force
the life painter
the lover who kisses
moment after moment after precious endless moment
proud of the time it took to reach now
feeling you exquisitely
from the inside
