Perceived

(the following piece is a poem)

I grow upwards in my skin

Their eyes allure onwards

I wonder 

If they’ve found themselves yet.

Do we feel at home in our bodies?

Or do we still seek sanity outside of ourselves?

Are we still running away from the truth?

I stretch outward!

How dare I reach beyond myself

When I grow upwards

allure best inwards towards my skin.

Their perceptions may bend

You out of shape

May the love of yourself hold you

Back together again

I thought only you knew your skin?

I know you only know your heart.

That is it lives within you my love

That is they cannot see

The things you’ve ravaged

The things you’ve healed

The things you decided to keep

I advise you let go

Of perception

I advise you not even

Perceive yourself

In your skin

You are human.

In your spirit

Their are bounds

That exists

So far outside

Of your shape

You bend

Yourself small

By not seeing your soul

It grows infinitely.

It loves infinitely

The best

But only

From within you.