Neville

You Would Not Care to See me Naked .. Surely

You Would Not Care to See me Naked .. Surely

 

You would not care, to see me naked these days, surely

as indeed, I do thee ..

And although, these words of mine, mouthed soft are

meant for you, entirely

I fear their meaning, might get lost, in their dubious

migration, as they dance

their way, from me to you, across the skies and seas ..

Indeed, each scar I wear

today, as God is my holy witness, I do bare for thee ..

And so remember this

dear heart, each stone they cast to drive me from thy bed

did once leave the hands

of hypocrites, and liars, who wear their own shells darkly ..