2 years ago. January 17, 2022 at 12:51 PM
I don’t want this plastic skin
I don’t want this face
I don’t want my pretence, my self-importance
I don’t want this assault on my skin, these scratchy clothes
Take it all off!
Strip me bare – rip them, wash this pollution from my skin
Take me to the ocean
Throw me in deep, kicking and spluttering
Hold me down till I’m helpless
Still. Let me sink
Make me beautifully broken
Drop me deep below
Stripped bare to be utterly light – to return
Scrubbed
Naked
Glistening
Bare
Peacefully floating
The gorgeous PJ Harvey with 'We Float'