We Are the Same

I am you in my body

     can’t you see?

     sound the pensive trumpet

     unchain prison of your mind

     take a stand for humanity

I am you in my body

     a single tear from a waxen candle

     straightening the rhymes of imbalance

     a reality nailing fools to trees

     awakening human soul to acceptance

I am you in my body

     rescuing sun in drowning sea

     spreading wings of tolerance

     smiting falsehoods strung

     in twisted breaths of hate

I am you in my body

     reinforce my head with glue

     pile fairness in piles of bricks

     acceptance warms barren echoes,

     pitches out useless privilege

I am you in my body

     lean closely to me to see

     open heart in sweeping tides

     let our voices be heard

     eagles soar – we are the same.