With Her...

 

With her ~ was not truly myself

With her ~ was not ever accepted  

With her ~ hobbled around awkwardly  

With her ~ love was something earned  

With her ~ doing was above being  

With her ~ sex was a weapon  

With her ~ was slowly dying  

 

 (Counterintuitive disequilibrium moistened with tears)

 

 Without her ~ becoming myself

Without her ~ now accepted

 Without her ~ dance with Grace

Without her ~ love is a gift

Without her ~ being is above doing

Without her ~ sex is something shared

Without her ~ slowly living

 

(Matchbox Twenty ~ Back 2 Good)