Word by word, I stripped myself naked.

The flesh and blood of shameless confessions, desires,

truth, lies, pleasure and pain -

twisted and twirled

in a shabby bundle of memories.

I shed away the worn-out skin

with itchy patches of reality

to unveil the veins coloured with ageing dreams.

And slowly crossed over to the unknown shores,

Took a dip in the deep blue vastness,

washed away a life-time,

and re-emerged with a handful of tender fragrances

that  had always eluded my memory.

As the blue glow gently mended the sore wounds,

I turned back to see a trail of footsteps

that were too strange for my feet.

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