Trans: Substantiation
Do mind the gap
A gap of mind
A chasmic split
Abode in mine.
Between the whole
A hole, between
The one untold
And told as seen.
A body broke
By building blocks,
Unblocked by those
Who hurling rocks--
Through houses glass,
Concealed by sheets--
Revealed the sealed,
And broke the meek.
Removing masks,
Declared me bare.
Their bald-faced lie:
Unworthy heir
Of human ties.
Proclaimed me thus,
For fear that I
Their power'd crush.
But vulnerable
Though I may be,
Tis venerable
Humanity.
My weakness is
My strength reforged;
My chasm crossed,
My home, my home
Restored.
This poem is about:
Me
My community
My country