Blue Jeans and Onyx

By Justine C. Tajonera

To be comfortable
in your skin
takes a jolting
honesty,
years of clothes:
cuts, colors
fabrics, sizes
shapes
reverse, dissolve
leaving you
naked
on a Sunday
morning with
all the light
streaming
in.
That figure in
the mirror
is yours
but not
you.
So clothe it,
yes, adorn
it
but do not
forget
the absurd
and profound
bond between
flesh and
being.