Child of God

I paint on the face

I strap on the heels

I shut down my heart

So it won't have to feel

The hands that don't know me

All over my skin

And the eyes that don't love me

Drinking me in.

Under this make-up

I'm black and blue

The petals were crushed

Before I could bloom

I didn't choose this

No one ever would

And I'd break these chains

If only I could.

I'm a child of God

I hide in plain sight

I'm a child of God

Slave to the night

Powerless, broken,

Abandoned, abused

Do you see a child of God

Or just a prostitute?

The world looks away

And calls me a whore

And each day I die

Just a little bit more

A disposable person

To keep at arm's length

Human trash...

Is that what you think?

What I've become

Is not who I am

We both were created

By the very same hand

I'm a child of God

I hide in plain sight

I'm a child of God

Slave to the night

Powerless, broken,

Abandoned, abused

Do you see a child of God

Or just a prostitute?

-Steve Siler