Nye uses the reference of skin in this poem. I think that she uses "skin" in different ways. One being that you can look at skin as if it were her herself. Being surronded in a war zone and not knowing when it is going to end. Another way that you can interpret "skin" is looking at it from an outsiders perspective. Meaning that the media, and others can judge what is going on between Irasel and Palestine. However, we are not there so we can not truly know what these individuals are going through. All we can do is believe what the reporters say on the news. It is the sae thing as you never truly know what a person is like until you get to know them. You do not know what they have gone through or what they are going through. Until you walk in someone elses shoes...or are in someone elses "skin", you do not know what it is like to be them.
Living in America we will never know what it is like to be one of the innocent Arab people living in a country that is hated by the United States. Ever since 9/11 some make the assumption that all Arabs, or Muslms are bad. Which is not true but because of the terriorists that live in these countries, the innocent ones go unnoticed.
"Skin had hope, that's what skin does." I took this to mean that she herself is the skin. She has hope that one day the war will end and her people will not be isolated from society in terms of being looked down upon. She hopes for a life where she does not have to hide from who she is and what her culture or beliefs are.
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