I No Longer Need 1999I no longer need to kill the boy inside,
He even wants to go and dance tonight,
He’s been gone so long I really thought he died,
But no, he’s very strong and that’s all right.
I never really liked to be a girl,
I never really liked the ones I knew,
I was ashamed it seemed at every turn,
Beside myself, well-hidden, he withdrew.
But now by dream or insight he is back
And fills me with a simple silent joy,
Although a woman now for all the world to see,
Inside there is alive a little boy.
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