In My Skin Poem by Jim Boone

In My Skin

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</>Nothing feels quite right
As I wait for a revelation
To sink in and make all
Those demons go away;

The nightmares
The addictions to cover
The cures to save
Turning over and around
The one-eighties, yet

I still don't feel comfortable
In my skin.

I don't know where it started
Or where it will end

For life appears to be good
Yet I don't feel comfortable
In my skin.

I know it's about letting go
But some dark areas
That I don't understand
A clenched fist holds tight

As I try to reach out and
Extend my hand; to feel
The stretch and the closing in
On the outstretched hand
Of someone I'm just meeting,
Of a lover or friend; for only
Then, only when, will I finally
Feel comfortable in my skin.

1989

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