Thicker Skin by Protyus A. Gendher
Thicker Skin
How am I supposed to get any thicker skinned,
And still share with you who I am within?
Why should I have to toughen up my heart a little more,
To avoid being a chore?
I put myself on hold before
But now I thought I could be more
And if that’s not true,
Then what do I do?
Because I want to grow and become someone new
Not someone under a lid
Staying hid
So, others are rid
Of my wit.
This is another time I said “this time
Might be my time, might be bliss time,”
So, what do I do?
Share my art with you?
Display my heart for you?
Making me the complicated part of you?
Or go back to hiding away my truths?
But if I do
It won’t be the same as letting you in
After I put my walls up again
You don’t have to approve of, or even like me
But if I fall back into step quietly
Then the light will die in me
And I deserve safety
To express me
But I feel like it can’t be
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