I hide behind my hats:
a series of titles and priorities carrying the days along.

I am many names
each one meaningful
beyond my bones

And somewhere
within the breaths
outside the day-to-day

I have forgotten
how to be
naked

Raw
uncensored

Unapologetic
for the space
I occupy

But my wild
emerges
tousled and free
and unconcerned

And my truth
shifts the axis
each time
I return to my heart

– Caroline A. Slee