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Joy Onyango
Poems
Sep 2018
rafiki
Love thy neighbour as you love thyself
I am thy neighbour, but you do not love me.
When "our way of life" is not really 'we' but your perception of who I should be.
We are family.
Until we disagree.
On the treatment of those who identify as LGBT-
Q - for Queer
Something you claim to fear
Yet
Something you love to leer at
privately
Must our realities be the same,
Must our differences cause me pain
Must you hurt us, condemn us, curse us and shame
How powerless you must feel
To attempt to halt a love so real
We will not let you steal
The beauty; the life that makes us surreal
We will continue to love
We will continue to laugh
We will continue to live
WHOLE.
You cannot break us in half
I am your friend
Even when you're not mine
This hatred will end
And one day we will all shine
- signed, Rafiki
Written by
Joy Onyango
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