Taught

In another life, I might trust you

In the way I cannot in this one

My t-shirt was wet upon my back

As you insisted you're so kind to me

You tell me, so it must be so

But in another life

I might reach out to touch and feel only calm

'Cause I learn what I am taught

But I learn what I am taught

And the body is beyond thought

And so

Close your eyes

Go ahead and pretend

It is how you see me best

I brush the water from my skin

And I walk straight back in

To the river I was swimming in

While the swallows go on singing

All the same songs that they always did