There are brief, shining moments When I exist only for Myself When my words aren’t rearranged for anyone’s comfort And my face isn’t composed for anyone’s enjoyment And my body is just My own
I have never belonged to myself
I grew up passed from Judgment to judgment Eyes raking me at every turn So I would sit Every day In front of the mirror And pick myself apart for the world’s consumption
Everyone has always taken what they wanted
I have driven myself insane Trying to keep fragments of my own To just hold on to the feeling of being mine But I have never known how to be that way And I will give everything I have Until I have nothing