The Fabric of Your Skin

What is the fabric of your skin like today?

Perhaps, like mine, the skin of the elbow is rough like burlap, hungry for moisture and warmth. What about the skin of the throat, the under side of the heal, the palms? Where is it tight, itchy, smooth, glossy, folding over onto itself? Does the skin of the front body drape down like a heavy woolen cape or is it more like spandex, springy, taught, and rising up from the belly?

The skin perceives, embraces, feels what is inside and out. It gives the illusion of separateness and armor but in fact is permeable and as changeable as the atmosphere. The surface of the skin vibrates microscopically when touched, in the presence of beauty, by your baby's tears.