Second Skin

Called it brave just to endure

But "survivor" isn't pure

I learned to blend, to shrink, to fold

Now I burn the mask they sold

This second skin, I peel it slow

Not who I was, not what you know

Let me molt, let me sin

I'm more than this second skin

Don't call me reborn, I never died

I've always been beneath this hide

Shed the silence, shed the smile

Bare and loud, I stay awhile

This second skin, I leave behind

No more shape for you to define

I don't conform, I begin

Raw and real without this skin