Friday, June 24, 2011

Disown


Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The cut of my hair and my religion too?

Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The shape of my body and my perfume too?

Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The trajectory of my career and my number too?

Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The colour of my towel and my sexuality too?

Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The love of the Family and of grammar too?

Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The truth of Science and of friendship too?

Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The need of Money and honesty too?

Would you disown me if I disowned the rules that bind me to you?
The rule of owning and of meaning too?

Could you disown me if I disowned the rules
That make me ‘me’ and you ‘you’?