The Skin I’m In
May 1, 2013Ali Birge followed our “30 Poems in 30 Days” feature last month for National Poetry Month and was so inspired, she sent us a poem of her own! Thanks, Ali,…
Ali Birge followed our “30 Poems in 30 Days” feature last month for National Poetry Month and was so inspired, she sent us a poem of her own! Thanks, Ali, for following along on the poetry posts!
The Skin I’m In
The skin I’m in
Ain’t right
Too tight
The skin I’m in
Too thin
The skin I’m in
Ain’t mine
Don’t shine
The skin I’m in
Keep me from twinklin’
I wanna
Twirl
Sway
Spin
But I can’t do that
In this old skin
Ali Birge lives in Indianapolis with her husband and two children. To read more of her work, visit her blog: http://365ali.wordpress.com/
