Wanting Rebirth

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I want to leave this skin,

Tear it away,

And be reborn.

Take on another face,

Live in another place.

Have a blank slate.

And try it all over,

With different people

And a different attitude.

But this skin,

Won't come off.

I tear,

And I cut,

And it stays.

This face,

No matter how much makeup I put on,

Is always recognizable.

I change my clothes,

But they treat me the same,

As if nothing has changed.

Can't they see,

That I want to not be me?

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