shedding

back door draft
goose bumps on fragile skin
sweater will not be enough
tap the fires of infinity

fireplace blazes
stove pipes blistering red 
from overdose of
perplexity
strings of conscious
wear thin and are visual
defenses are down
defeated

coffee
strong and black
wakes her up from her
past reverie
innocent eyes are watching
remembering

shedding old fears are hard
when ghosts of secrets
sporadically come
calling 

she had hoped time
had forgotten her
misdeeds of self preservation
but not to be
she says
i'm taking these secrets
with me

guilt ,  harder to carry
when one can't shed it
no one to help shift the load
there'd be no more
self deserved
shedding