family tree




i’ve got a loaded gun under my tongue

don’t pull the trigger please

i’ve got daggers deep beneath my skin

itching to fly with ease


there are battles buried in my bones

a deep sorrow haunts my blood

just one switch and i feel the shift

there’s a fire in my home


i’ve seen too many men and wombyn 

stuck in time

scars stunt growth and fire burns

marking bodies hearts and minds



we pass the fire it’s like a torch

the light that keeps the darkness out 

blow it out and we will find

the ghosts we thought we left behind


i believe there is a way

out of this judgment day 

may this drama rest in peace 

may we fertilize this family tree


i’ve seen too many men and wombyn 

stuck in time

scars stunt growth and fire burns

marking bodies hearts and minds


i charge my eros before i shoot

i tune my strings i am a lute

humming old songs of a forgotten tongue 

we heal in harmony inside our lungs 


breath in truth and deep release 

these battles end with me 

i see the life in the turning tides 

of this family tree