Here I Stand

by Chelle Wood - Cancer

Here I stand
Naked
Stripped of my identity
Wearing nothing
But my inadequacy

Here I stand
Open
Unhindered by illusions
Free of binding tethers
Amassed in frustrations

Here I stand
Exposed
Bared to criticism
Surging ever forward
Dodging cataclysm

Here I stand
Revealed
Uncovered yet elusive
Ambiguously informal
Beguilingly deceptive

Here I stand
Discovered
Uncloaked and unadorned
Gone - the ethereal veil
Abated and abandoned

Here I stand...

Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2000-11-06 14:41:51
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:59
Poem ID: 58326

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