No Matter How It Happened (It Happened the Same)

from The Workingtrans Blues by Tawni Marshall

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Gather up all the trappings of the day.
Coming back from the comedown after the fall.
No matter how it happened, it happened the same,
when it even happened at all.
I try to face it with a grace
that I have borrowed for so long
that when I draw from the water down below
it slips right through my fingers.
I can't bring it to my face.

It's a bitter pill that makes the sweetest song.
No matter how it happened, it happened the same,
and it's been happening for so long,
that when I flow into the water down below,
suspended up above me I can see it being replayed.

I try to face it with a grace
that I have borrowed for too long,
then when I'm pulled down through the water found below,
up above they notice there's a stranger in my place.

It's a bitter pill that makes the sweetest song.
No matter how it happened, it happened the same,
and it's been happening for so long.

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from The Workingtrans Blues, released February 2, 2021

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