By: 25 AM
Graphics by: Cassius Klai C. Francisco
Photo by: Aliza Belle C. Dayao
There’s something in my veins
Deemed the mark of the profane
A blood-branded impure
Made self-repressing and ashamed
Instilled within me and snarling,
I strengthen my own cage
Historied with disdain
And derision from bared fangs
A path marked with bloodshed
Us, citizens of the plain
Sometimes it’s within me, echoing their prayers
Blue and bruised or blushing
My blood is there all the same
I can’t help but want
How can this longing be my bane?
My Achillean heel
Tenth Muse, give me strength
It is a blood that is mine
And I can’t deny it coursing
Desire like those before me
Destiny’s binding will
This is the way I was made
Blood thick and true
I can’t deny the way I was made
A hushed voice learns to speak
This shame will have an end
And the heart shall have free rein
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