Retina by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

come closer

i heard while sitting in my room

i just wanted to see you

the moon shyly said

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my body is not beautiful

i admitted

it is covered with scars and dents

so is mine! and yet you humans

she laughed

worship every inch of my skin

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Tiffany Shaw-Diaz is a Pushcart Prize and Dwarf Stars Award nominee who also works as a professional visual artist. Her poetry has been featured in Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Bones, NHK World Haiku Masters, The Mainichi, and more than 100 other publications. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter via @tiffanyshawdiaz or through her website: www.tiffanyshawdiaz.com.