Tuesday, Jul. 06, 2004 / 3:11 a.m.
Naked

Strip away the titles

Things that name you

Divide you from others

Superficial labels that we wrap

Around ourselves

A security blanket for adults

Take away the money

The power to buy and shop

To consume and aquire

Status for the neighbors

Place you above others and cast into a social class

Be expelled from home

The place you rest these weary bones

A roof, a shelter that takes on

Placement by its location, size

Furnishings give a false impression

Take attention away from what's really there.

Strip me

Strip it all away

And you find what's underneath

What the titles and positions

And dwellings work so hard to obscure

So hard to hide

Just a scared little girl

Trembling in the corner

Hoping you won't see

Won't notice the bruises

The anger, the weight, the pain

The scars I'd like to forget

Standing naked in front of you

Are you gonna laugh now

And point to all your friends

About how the mighty has fallen

About how the pillar has cracks

Or will you avert your eyes

Because you simply can't stand

To see the truth

Bundle me up again and send me on my way

Just so you can go on disbelieving

This is me

Flawless and perfect

Failing and succeeding

Scarred and healing

Falling yet holding on

A scared little girl with nothing

Only the urge to fight

And so I do.