I will not sell my sex for $4.95, or for your love...

I will not sell my sex for $4.95
Or for your love
But I will sell it for a chance at freedom
at connections with cosmos
I will sell it for a glance at my inaptitude
For the burst of pain which is only emitted
when truth seeps
I will sell all things to be whole again

I yearn for the self who was embryo
who knew all truths through the heartbeat of its universe
knew it was connected by the voice which spoke like conscience
I will be free then
like my passion
I will give it and give it up
to breathe •

Remain connected to whichever force you believe in. Even if this force is simply your own conscience. This connection will get you through the hard times •

From Four Years in Chrysalis
© Aisha Tariqa Abdul Haqq Publishing
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