Love Notes to the Body | Kimberly Gomes

Kimberly Gomes is a San Francisco writer, filmmaker, and outdoor explorer. She received her MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University, where she wrote her first women's adventure novel, A Road of Her Own. Her writing has been featured in publications such as, Rogue Agent, sparkle + blink, PEN Center USA's Only Light Can Do That, Sunset Magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle. When she's not writing or working on documentary shorts, you can find her plotting or living her latest adventure. Follow her journey at @writeon_kim and learn more at www.kimberly-gomes.com.   Shopping for selves on aisle fiveThis body was stolen from the girl on the newsstand – borrowed hips, thighs, plumped lips. A body slipped over skin, singeing circulationof who once lived within. And despite the discomfort, I stayed. Stayed until limbs began to rot, until skin peeled, until it seemed like the right time to leave its exoskeleton on Golden Gate grass barcode facing up. I shed it under new m