Shapeshifter -

There isn’t a way

To make this stop

It’s inescapable

This goddamn disaster

Of being anything

More than temporary

We have the company we keep

And the shit we choose to do

To one another (or to no one)

And that’s not going to change

No, it won’t go away

I’m a shapeshifter

I’m a broken compass

The fool in clever makeup

I’m the violent Buddhist

That’s tied to a life

I’ve never led

(I'm only passing through)

And on my deathbed

Will it be what I’ve done

That flashes before my eyes

Or will it be

What it didn’t do

I was afraid to try

And if I can’t finish

Anything I start

What will I do when I die

Since that’s how it ends?

Will I find liberation?

I don’t want this to end

I can’t lose, anyone I love

I’m a shapeshifter

I’m a broken compass

The fool in clever makeup

I’m the violent Buddhist

…so help me do better

Anything to keep me

From unraveling

And fucking it up

Before I am done