Birth and Now
(July 1997, Nicole's House)

Now I've left a part of myself back there in your room
and I know as sure as I'm here that
I'm not really all here
because when I was born just a solitary little thing
I would share myself with someone,
share myself with another human being and

Birth and now, all these boundaries
we have to protect ourselves for what we want, from
what we want, for what we think we need

Someone could die, someone's feelings could change
or someone could, someone could . . .
someone could let these thoughts run around in their
brain and go on, and on, and on , and on and

Birth and now all these boundaries, and still we could
lose this fusion, and into aloneness we'd sink

But awhile ago there with you I was a cozy little
animal in my home, an now I have to revive my will
and go out into the world alone