Raw

I wish I was raw.

Unhindered, uncut.

A naked plunge into ice cold water

Or a tryst with a stranger in the dark of the night.

I will myself forward

Running through the rain with my eyes wide shut

the water icicles on my skin

helping me remember that for now, i'm alive.

No fear of shadows

walk through the dark and envision the flame

that no one can tame

and that no one will douse.

I wish I was raw.

lennie.