Play Me Again

I wake up in a copy of a copy of a thought

Brush my teeth stare back at what I'm not

Everybody's selling something called authentic

Mass-produced rebellion shrink-wrapped panic

I file my feelings under miscellaneous

Label the chaos temporary genius

They ask me what I do

I say I observe

They ask me who I am

I say It depends who's looking first

Say it once it's a rumor

Say it twice it's a trend

Say it ten thousand times

Now it's history pretending it wasn't planned

I don't scream I loop

I don't fight I reframe

Put my face on the wall

Let the silence say my name

I'm not loud I'm unavoidable

Not rare just unavoidable

Play me again

Play me again

Play me until I become undeniable

My body moves like it's solving a problem

My mouth says fine while my eyes say don't ask

I've learned how to stand in a room full of men

And still somehow take up more space when I relax

They like their women inspirational

I prefer operational

I don't want to be admired

I want to be implemented

What you call too much

Is just me uninterrupted

What you call attitude

Is a system you can't edit

I don't scream I loop

I don't fight I reframe

Put my face on the wall

Let the silence say my name

I'm not loud I'm unavoidable

Not rare just unavoidable

Play me again

Play me again

Play me until I become undeniable

If everyone gets fifteen minutes

I'll take mine spread thin

Across decades

Across mediums

Across versions of myself

That never asked permission

I don't need depth

I have repetition

I don't need truth

I have consistency

Watch how meaning shows up