I Didn'T Know You Then
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU THEN
I didn't know you then but
Because you strutted alone
Unafraid, attired in outrageously loud colours,
Performing your provocative
Dance of sacred magic
Through sombre, unwelcoming streets,
You are my personal, angelic hero,
Though you didn't know me then.
I am the one who willingly
Follows in your confident footsteps
Along the golden avenue of hope,
Even though it took me many years
Of unwarranted suffering in my attempt
To squeeze into a role, unfit for me.
I know you now, just as you
Know me now, belonging each to each
Within a close-knit community of saints,
Who have had their Calvaries
And risen again to reach the open skies.
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