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I Want
by
Alice C. Bateman
I want my old face back, the one that I wore
Through love and through heartache
Through peace and through war
I want my old life back, the one that I liked
I lived it all day
Then lived it all night
I want to look forward, I need to look back
I need to look inward
To see what I lack
I'm trying and trying, and working so hard
I'm trying and trying
But still just a bard
I'd like my old body, the one that was thin
The one that I wasn't
Ashamed to be in
My slender old body, oh where have you gone?
I don't have any clothes now
Nothing to put on
But I am resourceful, so I can make do
And the shape of my body
Doesn't matter to You
You must think I'm ungrateful for this body of mine
It's just that it hurts me
All of the time
It pains me and stabs me then hurts me some more
I'm always and always
So stiff and so sore
But I am very thankful to be here on Earth
To watch all the people
To whom I gave birth
I love you, my children, you're my life and my soul
It's for you that I work
To accomplish my goals
So please just be patient when I'm preoccupied
I'm building our lives now
From the inside
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