Skin

This desire to shed my skin

To rip and scratch it off

As if it was nothing but paper

Wrapping me around

Tying me bound

To a place I don't want to be

And the hummingbirds sing

Laughing at me

In their mockery of my face

Of my desperation

Of my attempt to be one

I want to be

They laugh at me trying to go

Where I need to be

Knowing that I will 

Always be here

I just want to shed my skin

Start anew and fresh

Somewhere far, far,

Far away from here