Too Much

I’ve been walking too fast

Down quiet city streets

Looking over my shoulder

Tight knuckles clutching keys

Even before I could speak

I had enough reason to believe

It’s dangerous

To live in my body

Oh this body    

Oh this body

Oh this body

Has been confused for prey

Is it too much

Is it too much

Is it too much

To ask to feel safe

So I built an armor

I can barely stand to wear

With a lens of suspicion 

That can override my care  

I want the world to have me

In my raw beauty

Love pours through me

When I can live in my tenderness

Even know I can hear them

Saying quiet, hide your fear

But I need more choices

Than armor up or disappear