writers

writers will want to know who you are, where you come from, what your family was like.

we will look through your photographs
and read all of your old love letters.
we will ask you to bitch when you’re angry and cry when you’re hurt.

we will ask what that raised eyebrow meant.
what that sigh meant.
we will want to know your favorite food,
your favorite color, your favorite person.

we will always, always ask why.

writers don’t settle for your outside.
we want the insides.
we want what makes you heavy,
what makes you uneasy,
what makes you scream for joy,
and anger, and heartbreak... 

writers will take off your shirt

and read every scar,

every mark,

every soft curve.

we will turn your skin into pages

that you learn to pour your entire soul in.

we will dissect you.

every organ,

every thought,

all the way down to your soul.