Life In Drag

I tried to keep a steady hand

Tumble blocks start again

I held your side when you let go

And you came back well-rehearsed in holding your own

A broken seal, a past unknown

Retrieve my heart from alamo

I need you here, to touch your skin,

Reconfigure, deconstruct, and begin

The centers shrunk between your eyes

Sharper corners, broader sides

And I felt weak in woman's wear

Gender-fucked, dilated, stuck holding a stare

You taught me how to guard my self

To keep my heart unscathed in health

I think you got carried away. Reached out your hand,

It carried you away

Well it's life in drag.

You wore and armor that covered your face

It's life in drag

I wore hands high to show truce and embracing

It's life in the drag

Who taught you how to hate yourself?

Who forced you to confide in spell?

Mistook 'pathetic' for 'empathy'

Cast a stone at the foe and the stone hit me

I held your hand in ritual to show disarming.

While you were a weapon inside your self, inside your body

I can't pretend, I can't conceal my apprehension

When pressed against the callous of your palm

I reconciled because you couldn't feel me there

You wore the binary like a badge of honor

While I struggled dealing with the loss of yet another

Life in drag