Poem 2
"Leave You Together" Your face is like a porcelain doll I wish I could keep you behind the glass Did you know your fleshy shell Is so gorgeous, it makes me cry? At the same time that I want you hidden I want to be you, for the sake of public eye Why must who I truly am And who they want me to be Be two different people? Trapped in this bone-made cage Because I look in the mirror And who I see just can’t be me Oh, Even when I try My insides start to die And I suddenly feel so awkward Because I can feel them staring Deep down, they know you are my costume Doubts aside, they see me underneath, Waiting for my day And they tell you: But you’re so beautiful! I just can’t understand Why you think that you’re a man Don’t you dare cut your hair Or start wearing different clothes How could you do this to your family? You’re not seeing yourself clearly Standing right behind you, I hold onto everything you are They are right to call you beautiful Can’t I be too? One day, we grabbed the scissors And we never really stopped Step by step, we will figure this all out I won’t leave you behind. I will leave you together.