Where am I in the underworld:
the tunnel of my black and white?
I taste the breath of the
brothers I never knew
we meet in the alleys
of our despair
where our hate reveals
our common humanity
we first saw each other
through a membrane of separateness
in the underworld the
membrane turns translucent
my black and white becomes
glowing color
the hardness of my beginning melts into
the softness of the man in my arms
we are one body, one life, one spirit
ready now for our release.
© Julian Spalding
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