When I imagine that I’m not,
Remind me that I am a shadow:
Look through me like I am a ghost,
Walk past me with a sudden shudder;
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Do not allow me to forget
That I am not a whole but pieces
Together strung, together torn
Away from the key one, gone missing;
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When I pull on my human skin,
Do not believe the frail illusion,
And through your eyes don’t make me see
What I once used to be – a woman;
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I must forget the one I was,
Give up the rights to love and to desire,
And find a fuel to feed the fire,
Which burns on in my heart against all odds;
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When you imagine that I’m not,
I must remind you I’m a shadow:
Look at you as if through a veil of cold
And walk right past you nonchalantly