Promise me
You will not spend
So much time
Treading water
and trying to keep your
head above the waves
That you forget
How much you have
Always loved
To swim
"SKIN TELLS STORIES
AND I WANT TO BE A CHARACTER IN YOURS.
WHAT TALES
WILL THIS TELL
WHAT JOYS AND TRADGEDIES,
WHAT VILLAINS,
WHAT HEROES?
LET MY HAND DRAW
ON THE PAGES
STRETCHED OVER THE BONES INSIDE
YOU."