I Look Like My Mother

from Martyr, well by Ruby Landen

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I’m collecting broken bottles to
Decorate my bed
And when that night breeze hits, my
Skin I’ll gladly shed

Build me out of
Sticks and concrete
Because I can’t find a home
In this body

If I was better made
Would I know my own name?

Whispers wander further
Than my voice would ever go
Echos in a sailboat
But the tide comes in too slow

Don’t confuse the quiet with the
Sound of defeat
I just can’t find a home
In the words I speak

If I was better made
Would I know my own name?

I look like my mother
We’re drawn with the same lines
And the burden that is her’s I see
Becoming mine

I’m afraid to be my father
I’m afraid to let him win
He couldn’t give a home to the
Kid I should’ve been

Come and take from me
The things that I lack
I’m tired of this bag
That never hits back

If I was better made
Would I know my name
If I was better made
Would I know my own name?

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from Martyr, well, released August 27, 2021

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