Skin. | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Skin.

Skin.

January 16, 2014
By HayleySmith GOLD, Yorktown, Virginia
More by this author
HayleySmith GOLD, Yorktown, Virginia
17 articles 0 photos 2 comments
View profile

A velvet blanket
Wrapping fluidly around
Your body, with
Coiling tendrils reaching
For the extremes
Of your limbs,
Deftly weaving in
And out of
Your fingers, toes,
Weaving between your
Arms and legs,
Soft as silk
And porcelain smooth,
Milky white, protecting
Your vitals and
Encasing your soul.

© Kaelee L., Petersburg, MI

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Alone
By bitty09 SILVER
Claymont, Delaware
bitty09 SILVER, Claymont, Delaware
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Death At Your Door
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Nothing good comes from Pyromania
By Nelle PLATINUM
Crewkerne, Other
Nelle PLATINUM, Crewkerne, Other
21 articles 10 photos 49 comments
View profile
Poetry
That Dreary Day
By jessicaah GOLD
Huber Heights., Ohio
jessicaah GOLD, Huber Heights., Ohio
12 articles 17 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it. "

View profile
Poetry
Time
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
Spring
By Anonymous

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.