she spoke
as if there
were colors
running through
every word.


i spoke
as if i had
a blade for
a tongue.

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different pigments
doesn't change
the fact
we have the same
bones
different religious beliefs
doesn't change
the fact
we're made of the same elements
different ****** orientations
doesn't change
the fact
we are all human
different social classes
doesn't change
the fact
none if us are
consistently happy
different lifestyles
doesn't change
the fact
we're all imperfect

•|||°

my heart is colored
gray
by your all or
nothing
kind of love

•|||°

i wasn't looking for
a woman with golden
wings,
just a woman that had
enough
passion to make her
soar

•|||°

there's a certain
irony
for being unable to
put the love
for words
into a form of
ink and language

religion       was born
pure and    innocent
much           like us
and              now
it's as           sick and
***               ided
as                 we are

i do not play the part
of a princess or a
damsel
i am
the dragon.
the soldier.
the knight.