we know who we are

it seems to me

somewhere deep inside

we know who we are

and if we were allowed to be this

how different would our lives be

wouldn’t we

then

find the path to freedom

far too often

we fell for the lies

that others told

when they taught us to

despise ourselves

were only shown how

to sell our selves short

or ransom our soul

to be loved

but it was never love

and it never is love

if being loved

only depends upon us

giving the truth of who we really are

away

or leaving it locked away

so fearfully and silently

in our trembling bodies