Angelo Velasquez - This Distance

Illusion is its nature
this distance between us
division, my mind over my soul
miss the truth
that we are all one
having beliefs and appearances
that list us as separate
behaving like enemies
though we are all God's children
which makes us brothers and sisters
blow through this life far from family
pitch awful words and actions
instead we do
racism and prejudice, petty in all forms
pure-bred in its sin
spasm happens to our spirits
will we ever meet in the middle?
no! the harsh truth and sound
feel the distance in a room in the world?
though we all face the same fate, death then judgement!

Angelo Velasquez

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