My ears hear
what others cannot hear
Small
far away things
People cannot normally
see are visible to me
These senses
are the fruits of a
lifetime of longing
Longing to be rescued
to be completed
Just as the skirt needs
the wind to billow
I'm not formed by things
that are of myself alone
I wear my father's belt
tied around my mother's blouse
and shoes which are
from my uncle
This is me
Just as a flower does
not choose its colour
We are not responsible for
what we have come to be
Only once you relize this
do you become free
And to become adult
is to become free
My ears hear
what others cannot hear
Small
far away things
People cannot normally
see are visible to me
These senses
are the fruits of a
lifetime of longing
Longing to be rescued
to be completed
Just as the skirt needs
the wind to billow
I'm not formed by things
that are of myself alone
I wear my father's belt
tied around my mother's blouse
and shoes which are
from my uncle
This is me
Just as a flower does
not choose its colour
We are not responsible for
what we have come to be
Only once you relize this
do you become free
And to become adult
is to become free
My ears hear
what others cannot hear
Small
far away things
People cannot normally
see are visible to me
These senses
are the fruits of a
lifetime of longing
Longing to be rescued
to be completed
Just as the skirt needs
the wind to billow
I'm not formed by things
that are of myself alone
I wear my father's belt
tied around my mother's blouse
and shoes which are
from my uncle
This is me
Just as a flower does
not choose its colour
We are not responsible for
what we have come to be
Only once you relize this
do you become free
And to become adult
is to become free