exposed.

you ask me to express my deepest emotions.
to speak my feelings without a filter.
the weight of the pressure feels far too great to bear.
mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most flawed of them all?
i stand here with my reflection gazing back at me,
critiquing every inch of myself.
stretch marks, cellulite, the list goes on…
how?
just how can I be naked with you…
when I can’t even revel at myself?
-vulnerability
Rochelle Burnley