Don't Peek Poem by Melanie Emikohe

Don't peek
I've been working hard
Not to move
Under my cover
Don't be so kind
I don't want to come out

I shed my skin
A few times before
But I wilted
I am not cut out
To withstand
Slight changes of the season

Keep it at a distance
And I could play
In our Disney World
Until our eyes
Shut on their own

I would be good to you
Share all the graces
Of a woman
However you want it to be

What you don't know
Does not count
Truth has too many shades
A lie dabbed with real feelings
Is not totally a lie

So I'm asking you kindly
Don't ask me questions
Don't peek