This Body - Hello Saferide

This body

That’s only done me wrong

That always proved weak when I needed it strong

That lays down to rest

When I need to run

That refuses to go just on

This body whose neck and shoulders are steady as thread

This body

That’s only let me down

Whose head was always turned up to ten

That wasn’t chosen

To be on anyone’s team

Was picked last and never fought hard enough

It finally spoke out

Said: «We need to see what this is about»

Oh, body

How I have wished of you

That would look different than you do

I’m sorry

I feel apologetic

You had better things to do

You had an agenda

And I never saw that

You’re growing a kid now, it’s sprouting like hell now

I’m suddenly dirt

It’s like finding a hidden door

In the house you always lived in

With a secret room, and it holds diamonds and pearls

You’re a rock and you’re the sea

You’re the fox and you’re the hunter

You’re not less and you’re not more than anything

You’re your mother and your father

You’re their mothers and their fathers

Let your shoulders down, you’re not going to war