I give my life to strangers And I keep it from the ones I love Aging; feed the desire Just to starve the will Stoic tolerance of a second-rate reality Can you see me? Let's all be Rembrandts on an LED screen Staging, staging a kiss Fluid gender dismissed The diluted glow of twilight Paralyzing pain in being with family In the dark, you're not anywhere You can hide and hide As real as tall candles You light when you're afraid Enthralling cruelty society throws at you Like a carnival squirt gun, just as cold and embarrassing You retreat from the light Can you hear me? Take up space