you see a child
when you see me,
doing what i have
always known
will keep me
fed and cared
for and alive
and i giggle and
i cry and i show
my skin to men
who will pull
puppet strings in
my life

and i'm nothing but
a body so i don't
have a right to be tired
but i am tired, i am ******* tired
i am dying to breathe
in a world that's
knocked the wind out of me
and i am dying to see
in a world that's
kept me blind
and i'm dying to find
a person who will see
me for my depth and for
my art and not for
a good time.

this skin is not yours anymore
it is mine
and i'm not a child anymore
i'm grown
and this body that was once
for anybody
is mine and mine alone.