Under everything I am human

I was put here to love

Regardless of the color of my skin

Or who I choose to love

My skin may be too black to fit in with the whites

My voice may sound too white to fit in with the blacks

But that’s okay

Being different is okay

Embrace it

I live in a world where I am barely accepted

A world where strangers support me

and loved ones don’t

A world where I’ll get shot dead by a white man and blamed

I am diligent because I have to be

I am a black queer man so I have no choice

But under everything I am human

I was put here to love