We are similar
but we are not the same
You are a man, I am a man
You say that is the same
No
There is more
Our world erased me so you don’t even know there is more
You are man, I am a man
I fathered your children from my womb
You loved me more with my beard
I am a man
The world warned that you would hate me
or call me delusional
You didn’t
You loved me more
You are a man, I am a man
Leukemia came and robbed our family of your health
I was so new to my emancipated true self
How cruel that things worked out like that
Through suffering we now
know true compassion
Through suffering we know a deeper love
that few can ever know
That few can ever survive
The tidal waves and tsunamis
of all the hate we received
Attacking each other even
not knowing what to do
because they expected us to hate each other
You are a man, I am a man
Taking our turns hiding in the closet
Until we realized life is too short
You could die now
We now have true compassion
Few will ever know true compassion
We are two men,
similar
but not
the
same
we hurt each other
but we love again
One
By Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez
February 21st, 2022
Dedicated to ONE by U2
Related Blog: My ‘Love What Matters’ Article: I’m a Gestational Father
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Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez 