‘i need to be covered/i can’t handle being seen’

please do not unravel me

do not inspect me or my belongings

a set of teeth in my jaws

hands to go with my claws

and a brain behind painted skin

i am tau(gh)t

pulled tight around my edges

not all of me should be seen

i am burdened by awareness

self and otherwise

everything is open/bare/and there

i need to be hidden from all wandering eyes

by Ella Barker