Shedding This Layer

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Soul Poetry

Its getting too warm,

...too stiffling,

like wearing a down coat,

mid-July.



I need to strip myself

of this suffocating state,

....purge myself,

from this smothering

of my soul.



I need to peel back this layer

and lay bare,

my fears.



Skin this pelt,

of insecurity

from my being

and uncover the innocence,

of 'self.'

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