Pour words over my head like broken glass
until my ears bleed
Shout my name
cuss until your words make sense to you

I will go on
just as I am because I am not you
I walk the streets others have paved
yet I will not step away from my own path
You bruise my heart
but blood flows through my veins
just the same
Because of you and others like you,
I know who I am,
I am not you...

Our lips pout with unfeeling kisses and backward glances.
The foreplay of our truth
dances around like naked lies.
Once we shared the soul in each other’s eyes,
but then we cared.

BB2013