The Body
I could have moved to Berlin.
Oh well, here I am.
I could have learned the language.
Oh well, here I am.
I guess that leather ball gag is not for me.
I could have been swinging up there easily.
I could have been looking down from the ceiling.
Fish hooks through my back like it ain’t no thing.
Like my body was meant for me.
I could have known the feeling of the razor through my tongue -
Splitting my spoon into a fork.
I kept what I was given because I was told God’s image
Didn’t match with what I imagined myself to be.
Oh no! Here I am…
With what I knew myself to be.
Oh no. Here I am without a body meant for me.
My body was meant for me.