I’ve been thinkin’ a lot about wha… “Used” is not a feeling... it implies blame to another for my… it’s a way of escaping the respons… and repressing the power I hold

There faces pass before me like th… All in need, longing for help. Crying out, directing their sorrow… Not because I’m at fault, but bec… and because I have so willingly ta…

Nowhere, nowhere I wanna go nowhere with you Let’s be empty together and fill our glasses with the nothingness we share

Told I was born inferior and soci… Defined by gender roles and social… Get used to the indoors Lose all hope of being free Learn to be adaptable to a man’s n…

There’s a living entity whose sole… providing the necessities for all… Our wants may be insatiable, but s… for everything she offers comes fr… Food, water, shelter, and air,

She died and they viewed it as a t… Salvation was not hers. The real tragedy is their judgment as it limits them from seeing the life she lived;

Let go of Ego Shake it out Laugh it off None of this is personal. Clouds rush by,

I would eat if I were hungry. I would drink if I were thirsty. I would sleep

Perhaps my greatest fear... the inability to unconditionally l… myself and others, including the world. Circumstances and situations

Recognizing beauty: Here I am. Birds as muses, laughing voices... Transcending division

Speaking up and Shutting up Finding a voice Finding many voices With tongues

The trees... They soak up the carbon dioxide I… as well as the inner turmoil I exp… They release oxygen for me to brea… as well as loving guidance for me…

Dreams dead. Hopes burned to shreds. Reality hit by a lightning bolt. Perceptions of an identity lost, Ego in revolt.