Pulling out of the old scarred skin
（old rough thing I don't need now
I strip off
slip out of
leave behind）
I slough off deadscales
flick skinflakes to the ground
Shedding toughness
peeling layers down
to vulnerable stuff
And I'm blinking off old eyelids
for a new way of seeing
By the rock I rub against
I'm going to be tender again