All my Life I’ve Tried to Fit In
All My Life I’ve
tried to Fit In
I cut off my feet for you
to match your height
and even when I couldn’t walk
I trusted you’d carry me
but you left me to walk on my own
all my life I’ve
tried to fit in
I removed my vagina for you
but instead of taking care of it
you took it to your church fellowship
for un-sexing and de-feminizing
all my life I’ve
tried to fit in
I removed my eyes for you
because my vision was too big
but instead of giving me sight
you kept me blindfolded
and blind, foul and dead.
all my life I’ve
tied to fit in
I removed my hands for you
to hinder their beauty
hoping that ordinary people like you
would finally love me.
you used my hands as gloves
when you felt cold and inhumane,
which was often.
all my life
I’ve tried to fit in.
I removed my brain for you
because you said I think too much
and yet there was no room for me in your
smallness
and you squeezed me out.
I became born again today
in this life
I don’t need to fit in
I was born to stand out
born again
to shine again
to feel again
to love and be loved again
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