Stripped

Everything is off

I'm left naked

Standing cold and in shock of the truth

Wondering why I've allowed myself 

to be left in such a space of bareness

Stripped

Shivering without the cloaks

of time wasters

I'm lost with nothing

but myself

and the reality of what I've created

Nudity forces transparency

Clear as day, I can see

This is what I have needed

Force the skin of life to show

Leave the clothes that hide the flaws

and allow a life of denial

Stripped.

Raw and uncovered

is how I need to be

to find the right clothes of life

The ones that fit just right

Give and hug where needed

Leave the stains and sags behind

Stripped

of what was

to allow what needs to be