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