Transparent Skin

How I feel sometimes.

Sometimes I wish I could have transparent skin,

So you could see right through me.

See how many times you made my heart bleed,

And how many scars have yet to heal.

 

Sometimes I wish I could have transparent skin,

So I'd have nothing to hide.

So you'd see everything about me,

So you'd love me for me,

Instead of something I'm not.

 

Sometimes I wish I could have transparent skin,

So there's no chance of people thinking I'm fake.

I sometimes wish that what people see is what they get.

 

Sometimes I wish I could have transparent skin,

So I didn't have a choice.

So people would see the real me all the time,

I couldn't stop being real.

Because I know if I had a choice,

I'd hide away deeper into my shell,

And deny the transparent skin.

 

Reviews

[Suditi]

Sometimes I wish I could have transparent skin,
So I didn't have a choice.

WOW.
Such an amazing poem.
The theme is superb..the content..the simplicity..all great!
Its true..sometimes, i guess we all wish, that the world could see us as we are.
With our good and our bad.
So that we could get rid of pretense.
And like you said in the last stanza.. if we have a choice, we'll obviously try to portray ourselves as something we're not, because of our fears maybe? Fears of getting judged.

A superb poem.

[Barbara Walker]

I, particularly, like the second stanza. Your writings have such a depth of feeling and a mature outlook for one in high school. It would be great if everyone had transparent skin, so all the games people play with each other could cease. You couldn't hide and would always tell it like it is. You wouldn't discover after years of marriage that someone was other than who they portrayed themselves to be. Transparent skin, I love the analogy!