Guardian

I am the blood

I am the sweat

I am the heart beating

The heart breaking

The earth shaking…

That’s me.

 

See who else could be there?

Standing like an ovation

Roaring like the ocean…

Stomping like the stampede

There…

For you.

 

No “shh”

No “know your place”

NO!

I stand for me

I stand for we

For everyone who doesn’t know

That they too can…

Stand…

With you.

 

I am not the whisper

On your neck from your lover…

 

I am not the secret glance

From your stranger on the subway…

 

I am not…

 

You know damn well…

The hell...

That I am. 

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Me
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