The Stranger I Know

from Pissed at the Praxy by Stephanie Gray

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She is a fighter a mighty tower of ambition
Built upon the backs of Sweat and Tension
She is a driver she won't give up the reigns
Time's whip is at her back and she is already late

Her hair is straight as the road she knows
And in her heart is a restless soul
Her cage is her own bones
Say hello to the stranger I know

She wears a locket holding a thousand faces
Waking her at night to rise and plead their cases
She is a nomad and a self made orphan
Though she walks against the current it's the life she's chosen

She is as zealous as a greedy banker
Who in her fear exploits her own labor
Desperate to be every man's savior
Say hello to the stranger I know

She is selfish though her chores are selfless
She fears her last impression, serving is her own deception
She is a lover though she knows not Love
She thinks she's pouring water but it's her own blood

A broken empty vessel suffering for the cause
Where grace is for the helpless and for the lost
She asked for bread and they gave her a stone
Say hello to the stranger I know

She's tired but she'll never save herself
She'll call it heaven though it's really hell
He calls her friend but she calls him Sir
Say hello to the stranger I know

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from Pissed at the Praxy, released August 2, 2015

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Stephanie Gray Florida

"I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living."- Robert Henri

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