come closer
i heard while sitting in my room
i just wanted to see you
the moon shyly said
~ (0) ~
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
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.