Comfort of the Shadows
Comfort of the Shadows As we walked home from school everyday All eyes were on you without any shame I was always let to be carefree... to run and play But we held onto you tighter to your dismay Little did you know what was lurking out there A lust for those born a certain way You always laughed it off in your ignorance Never to fathom the perverseness of perception Am I bad for envying the attention you got? Or am I bad for the relief I now sought? For while some eyes loved you and your heart Some minds crept over inch they saw While the world told me my reflection could be better I knew that what I was, always kept me safer You were told to laugh less and love carefully While I was cheered on for anyone who loved me dearly Dear sister, I still wish I was born in your likeness Not because thats what the world told me But because it would give me a chance to share in the darkness of your fairness