Lady Gaga’s song, Bad Romance, awakened me!
I woke up, I saw that romance was not sweet and pure,
Snow White or Brad Pitt.
It is love and revenge,
it is holding on to each other in spite of this;
it is setting boundaries, I want your love and my freedom;
it is setting self-definitions: “I’m a free bitch, baby.”
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Yes, this song has entered my Personal Holy Song Canon.
It sustains me on my continuing journey through
these current times
still romancing Life and other humans.
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This post was previously published on medium.com.
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