Skin - Rae Horwitz

poem read by Timothy Arliss OBrien

Skin
Rae Horwitz

My feet make a quarrelsome captain out of you

A Forced stop, sudden short bone

You want me on your shelf, as I did you

But now you ask me for my skin

The person I was,

I am

I decided the switch on this one

Will you accept the new track

A screaming choice, a child's reproach

I could make a new skin for you

You won't see me behind the seams

Is that what you want?

Imitation of brown clear eyes

Tension under pause

I lived in a hollow skin, in different colors

A haze, rotting throughout

Sometimes I still smell the stench

Wonder if the old suit fits?

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Rae Horwitz is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, poet, and singer-songwriter based in the Chicagoland area.
She blends a rich array of musical and writing influences from Rilke, Robert Lax, Nick Drake, to Dylan.
She explores themes of psychology and spirituality in her work.