my skin is white as parchment, drier than a downtown office building

my skin is inked with words

words with no meanings

and meanings that could never be fathomed

my skin is scarred with spots

of years that passed

and of years forgotten

my skinned is burned

from all the mistakes i've made

and from mistakes I wanted

my skin is colored

born with the colors

that make me a felon

I was listening to andrew bird's song "skin is"

and I realized how much I love my skin

even with every flaw, freckle, scar, birthmark.

People get tattoo's to hide their skin.

I get mine to enhance it.