Inside the house I wonder,
down as I look upon this skin.
The man that knocks and whispers,
tells of me “to act, Ophelia,”
but in a daze,
my gaze remains
on the peeling skin,
the gaping flesh,
and maroon color stains
that of which I can no longer decipher
what is of nature and what is not.

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CJ House is a senior highschool student from Philippine Highschool for the Arts. He majors in creative writing and lives in the mountains with his cat and a coffeemaker.

Twitter: @CathJhouse