I have been
made to feel like a piece of trash,
but I have also felt like a king.
why don’t you people
make up your minds?

I have heard
a host of angels sing the songs of leonard cohen
but i felt like i was in hell.
what kind of madness
is this?

My name has been spat out
like the worst insult in the world
but it is still mine
and cannot be taken
from me.

I have been
made to feel like a piece of trash
but any piece of trash can climb
to the top of the pile
and today it’s me.