RAW

When I'm with you I am raw.
This is me.
This is all that I am.
This is all that you made me,
Or should I say...
This is all that you showed me,
And this is all that I want.

So he sat there and watched me.
Did he know I was raw?
Did he see right through
Into my core?
So why did he turn his head,
Look away,
Walk away?
When most people see, they want to stay.

When all of you is gone
That human eyes can see,
I know the piece of you
That lives on inside of me
Will strip me raw
And never let me be;
A beautiful reminder
That I am finally free.

Tamyka Bell
10 August, 2004


If you find any typos, or if you have any comments to make on my poems, please email me.

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