Post by Lisa-WB on Nov 23, 2016 11:22:33 GMT 8
This is one I wrote and shared with my wife shortly after I came out to her as gender fluid:
Locked Away Deep Within
She cries out to him constantly, tormented she begs
She pleads with him why won’t you just set me free
Why keep me bound up and trapped here inside
Why are you ashamed to let them all see
He tells her be quiet, just go back to sleep
You know that I can’t let you out of this place
The world outside is so merciless and cold
Who knows would they’d do at the sight your face
Everyone tells him to leave her behind
Be a man, send her away, she just doesn’t belong
Deep down he knows that’s an impossible demand
She’s been right there with him throughout his life long
The two of them live together as one
The two combined voices of a single existence
To take one away would bring death to them both
Still he hides her away despite her persistence
Someday, he says, I’ll set you free from these chains
I’ll strut with you proudly and we’ll prove to them all
It’s you who have formed me into the person they know
That regardless of fear, joined we walk tall
She continues to implore him, with each passing day
For a few precious moments to be both his eyes and his ears
Unleashed in her expression she can interact with the world
The way that she’s longed to for all of these years.
Locked Away Deep Within
She cries out to him constantly, tormented she begs
She pleads with him why won’t you just set me free
Why keep me bound up and trapped here inside
Why are you ashamed to let them all see
He tells her be quiet, just go back to sleep
You know that I can’t let you out of this place
The world outside is so merciless and cold
Who knows would they’d do at the sight your face
Everyone tells him to leave her behind
Be a man, send her away, she just doesn’t belong
Deep down he knows that’s an impossible demand
She’s been right there with him throughout his life long
The two of them live together as one
The two combined voices of a single existence
To take one away would bring death to them both
Still he hides her away despite her persistence
Someday, he says, I’ll set you free from these chains
I’ll strut with you proudly and we’ll prove to them all
It’s you who have formed me into the person they know
That regardless of fear, joined we walk tall
She continues to implore him, with each passing day
For a few precious moments to be both his eyes and his ears
Unleashed in her expression she can interact with the world
The way that she’s longed to for all of these years.