Disappear Me

Take this abottoir of a body
Lay it upon shards of glass
Let it bleed
Take this abottoir of a body
Lay it upon the blessed coals
Let it burn
Here is a heart fed on hurt
Let it bleed
Here is a soul forged from sin
Let it burn
Here is a waste of a woman
Wretched
Let her die

Following You

This fear is comfortable
An old tee shirt
Laundered to softness
See through
To take it off
Leaves me bare
A ribbon on the wind
Following you
Skin kissing the air
For the first time
Bulletproof behind you

Manchild

Seeking adoration
You came my way
You made mistakes
Still you held fast
To your privilege
To your entitlement

Seeking a mother
You came my way
You made mistakes
Still you held fast
To your arrogance
To your attitude

Seeking a devotee
You came my way
You made mistakes
Still you held fast
To your ignorance
To your delusion

Seeking integrity
I walked away
You made mistakes
Still I held fast
To my worth
To my truth

Bootstraps

Raised among the strain
The rebel yell
The bootstraps and leather
The vociferous and clever

Ride away the pain
The vanilla shell
The guitar strung fingertips
The ebony and scarlet lips

Welded to the chain
The kinky tell
The abandoned blank skin
The stories told by gin

Free, free, free

Rapeiversary number four
And I'm beaming
Blessed and beautiful
Playing by my own rules
Red haired and 
Rambunctious
Free, free, free
Comes the cry
From my heart
And what of the goblin king?
My deluded tormentor
He has been dismissed
Destroyed
Decommissioned
He has no power over me
He is no more
He is ash
I am blue flame
And I am here
With my words
My salvation
And my enervation
Rapeiversary number four
And I'm living
Into hope