I was waking up inside a life

that fit my name but not my….skin

 

Doing the things that look like winning

from the outside….in 

 

I was moving forward,

at the same speed as everyone I loved

 

but my heart was walking, one step sideways

with a truth I didn’t know yet

 

Maybe this is it, maybe this is all I get

maybe I should be grateful

and quiet

and smaller

​

But every time I closed my eyes

there it was again

 

another life line running next to mine

​​

I was living on a parallel line

running close, never crossing….through

Watching the life

I was meant to be in

from the wrong side of me. Two lives…

two lives

side by side

two lines

Side

By

Side

 

I started seeing how,

my breath changed when I told the truth

 

That my body leaned forward now,

before my brain said no

​

I was living on a parallel line

running close, never crossing….through

Watching the life

I was meant to be in

from the wrong side of me. Two lives…

two lives

side by side

two lines

Side

By

Side

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Some people will never,

leave the line they’re born on

 

They think it’s forever,

That it will keep them safe

 

I was living on a parallel line

until I chose

To jump

 

I was living on a parallel line

until I chose

To jump

 

I was living on a parallel line

until I chose

To jump

 

until I chose

To jump!

 

We gotta Jump! 

 

We gotta Jump! 

 

We gotta Jump! 

 

Everybody jump!

 

I was living on a parallel line

running close, never crossing….through

Watching the life

I was meant to be in

from the wrong side of me. Two lives…

two lives

side by side

 

We gotta Jump! 

 

We gotta Jump! 

 

We gotta Jump! 

 

Side by side! 

 

Everybody jump!

 

Side by side! 

 

Everybody jump!

 

Side by side