Somebody made a statue of me
Left me cold
Frozen
Cloaked
In layers
Unable to feel a thing
Yet
I want to
Get naked
With you
I want to strip this layer
And the next
And the next
Until I am
Naked
With you
***
Someone made a monument of me
Left me embalmed
Buried
Hidden
Under barriers
Unable to feel a thing
Still
I want to
Get naked
With you
I want to break this barrier
And the next
And the next
Until I am
Naked
With you
***
But
Naked is frightening
And nothing is as frightening
As frightening as bringing down my walls for you to see right into
The dark places no eyes but mine have ever been
And
Naked is daunting
But even as daunting
As daunting as it seems, it is beautiful to be myself with you in
Those dark ways no one but me has ever seen
***
So, I want to get naked
Because
Naked is beautiful
It is
Laughing and hearing the laughter from my mouth multiplied by yours
Crying and seeing the tears in my eyes reflected in yours
It is
Having my joys doubled
And my troubles halved
It is
Spreading my wings and reaching to do the impossible with you beside me
Crashing and falling only to look up to see you still beside me
It is
Being kissed a thousand times in ten thousand ways
Recalling the memories of kisses past even when the moments are long gone in days
It is
Being told in the sweetest words that I am beautiful
Being told the same even when I am not so much so too
It is
Feeling you, with every breath, as being only a heartbeat away
Knowing when miles between us prevail, you’re always a call away
It is
Stripping before you without shame, knowing your eyes are not judging me
Warring with you bitterly, yet not being afraid that it’s the end of you loving me
This is naked.
***
So
You might end up making a statue of me too
Leaving me cold
Frozen
Unable to feel a thing
Still
I’ll take that chance on you
I’ll strip a layer
And the next
And the next
And the next
Until I am
Totally
Completely
Irrevocably
Naked
With you
© Lara Brown, 2016
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