True Age
How old am I?
How old am I really?
How long have I truly
expressed myself freely?
Not long
Not long at all
I’ve swam in one place
through most of my life
No more can I say I am grown and tall,
when for years I did not walk the knife
This is not my mistake
In fact
now is the point
where I see
that you can’t blame a phony
for being blind to the fake
Now at least I am me,
though naked and wee
Katrine 2004
May all your Nows be Here