if you believe you are made up

of those around you like family


and the elements adding upto



you would agree that if being yourself

means moving from these it's harder



but without the friends whose minds i read

without the love i've always known

without the streets i know by heart

without the house i know as home

without the youth i always felt

and without support of family

without security to share

and without these ingredients

i don't know who to be



remove ingredients i'm not myself

doing what i must

makes me someone else



but if ingredients were swapped around

for the physical a bone for each experience

would be less harmful



but you would all stare at the legs

i'm missing you don't seem to care

i'm missing places



but without the friends whose minds i read

without the love i've always known

without the streets i know by heart

without the house i know as home

without the youth i always felt

and without support of family

without security to share

and without these ingredients

i don't know who to be



remove ingredients i'm not myself

doing what i must

makes me someone else

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