After the Daylight's Gone

from The Workingtrans Blues by Tawni Marshall

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I know daylight's on the way.
I've seen those dreams that wait below.
Drag it into another day.
There's so much I keep in tow.
Can you see it aged into my face?
'Cause I can feel it creaking through my bones.
I can feel the daylight on the way
until well after the daylight's gone.

Trying to keep afloat in the suburban waste.
I'm the last one up trying to keep my soul.
I know I've changed in most every way,
but I can't change what I can't hold.
I can feel the daylight on my face
until well after the daylight's gone.

I've seen those dreams that wait below.
They drag me down into the undertow.
'Til my head's swirling
with the places I have stood but never been before.

I don't think I'll ever know my place.
I don't think I'll ever go back home.
I wonder if I'll ever get a taste
of a medicine that's not my own.
Can you see it aged into my face;
those wasted years now etched in bone?
I can feel the daylight on the way
until well after the daylight's gone.

I've been those girls time slowly broke.
I've been the butt of a single joke
told time and time again
'til it gets caught in their throat
and I hope they choke.

I know I've changed in most every way,
but I can't change what I can't hold.
I can feel the daylight on my face
until well after the daylight's gone.

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from The Workingtrans Blues, released February 2, 2021

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