Life in Drag

I tried to keep a steady hand

Tumble blocks, start again

I held your side when you let go

And you came back well-rehearsed

At holding your own

A broken seal, a past self-known

Retrieve my heart from the Alamo

I need it here to touch your skin

Reconfigure, deconstruct, and begin

The centers shrunk between your eyes

Sharper corners, broader sides

And I felt weak in women's wear

Gender-fucked, dilated

Stuck holding a stare

You taught me how to guard my self

To keep my heart unscathed in health

I think you got carried away

Reached out your hand

It carried you away

Well, it's life in drag

It's life in drag

You wore an armor that covered your face

It's life in drag

I wore hands high to show truth and embracing

It's life in drag

Who taught you how to hate your self?

Who forced you to confide in spell?

Mistook pathetic for empathy

Cast a stone at the foe

And the stone hit me

And I held your hand

In ritual

To show disarming

While you were a weapon

Inside your self

Inside your body

I can't pretend

I can't conceal my apprehension

When pressed against

The callous of your palm

I reconciled

'Cause you couldn't feel me there

And you wore, 'Binary'

Like a badge of fucking honor

While I struggled dealing

With the loss of yet another

Life in drag