Rebuking lines
Bent toward a spent path
Well-beaten
We grasped sovereignty
In soft, open palms
Side by side
Clasped in risk
Inset with uncertain sparkles
We spoke
Of things unsaid
With hushed, sideways smiles
Side by side
And, to the unsuspecting
A banner sewed of patchwork
We raised
With intrepid dreams
Against gale force life
Side by side
Drunk on hope
Of a distant vintage
We stood
Like newly birthed fawns
In an open field of predators
Side by side
Facing upward
Expressions unfolded
We were
Like flowers blooming
Flushed red with new warmth
Side by side
A bizarre spectacle
Of magic and mystery
We appeared
As practicing wizards
In a land of unlawful spells
Side by side
Drawing mobs
Pressed by presumption
We fell
Beneath the onslaught
Of small thought eyes
Side by side
But I prefer
The amenities of my liberty
In cells
Built to conceal
The possibilities of being
Side by side
Our hearts knit
May never beat in close proximity
Yet we are
Forever made of cords
Unbroken from despair
Side by side
Asking nothing
But the grace we engraved
Inside our skin
To heal our stripes
Disproportionate to our crimes
Side by side
And will be forever alive
If only at heart
Together
Recklessly unashamed
To have been
Side by side
When paths are drawn
Unbeaten before me
I vow
No fear to show
And on them we will go
Side by side
Taking your thought
And a love we all conceived
I know
The deepest magic comes
To those who walk
Side by side
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