Mikaela Castledine #149 Skin

Skin

It is the border of what is out

and the beginning of what is in

with little holes

for airing and seepage

like arrow slits

narrowing embrasures

in the integument for protection

and discharge

There is

a general holding together

of our vitals against spillage

since it is proximity that has

a community of organs

work their separate harmonies together

skin encloses a village

within a palisade

it is safety and confinement both

Skin pierced cut opened

we cry out

not just in pain

but with dismay

at what the breaching

of our battlements might mean

hot infections

blood depletion

sundering of muscle meat

wounding weep