FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

i have won and lost
but through another person
i have loved and hated
but through another being
i have a name, alright,
but it too is the name of another
i have a body, but it is not just
mine, always, always, by
another
i am touched and glorified
but always through another
i am just a path
another labyrinth
you have been within me
and through me
and with me and outside
of me
i am never myself
i am always through the other
that is how i was born
how i was brought and schooled
always the other

some tell me i must be
a christian
i have many faces
i am many crosses
i am a lot of thorns
in my many heads
i guess, that is how it
should be

forget myself, and be
good for all
forget myself and
just be remembered
as

the other.