Vitruvian Man

Tonight, I look at the way my skin

is wrapped around my body. 

I admire how it can cover every inch.

I recognize the distinct look of every wrinkle. 

I love the warmth of every cell.

Yet, too often 

I expose myself to you, 

Vitruvian man. 

Your coldness is your only interesting quality.

You are ideal to study

but you are flat in your humanity. 

I will not let someone so fickle, 

whose outstretched arms could never 

even embrace me,

be the reason I doubt

what perfection is supposed to feel like.

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