I Had To Leave The House Of Fashion

And Go Forth Naked From Its Doors

'cause Women Should Be Allies

And Not Competitors

I Had To Leave The House Of God

Because The Cross Replaced The Wheel

And The Goddesses Were All Out In The Garden

With The Plants That Nurture And Heal



I Had To Leave The House Of Privilege

Spend Christmas Homeless And Feeling Bad

To Learn Privilege Is A Headache

That You Don't Know That You Don't Have

I Had To Leave The House Of Television

To Start Noticing The Clouds

It's Amazing The Stuff You See When

You Finally Shed That Shroud



I Had Leave The House Of Conformity

In Order To Make Art

I Had To Be More And Less True

To Learn To Tell The Two Apart

I Had To Leave The House Of Fear

Just About As Soon As I Could Crawl

Ignore My Face On A Wanted Poster

Stuck To The Post Office Wall



I Had Leave The House Of Self-importance

To Doodle My First Tattoo

To Realize A Tattoo Is No More Permanent

Than I Am, And Who

Ever Said That Life Is Suffering

I Think They Had Their Finger On The Pulse Of Joy

And The Power Of Transcendence

Made Its Grace A Practice We Can Employ