What if they see us holding hands?<\/p>\n
What would they think? I’m scared to guess.<\/p>\n
Right now I’m grateful for this darkness.<\/p>\n
Though I’d prefer a visa to some foreign land.<\/p>\n
Because who but us would understand?<\/p>\n
Words of defence are meaningless<\/p>\n
And God knows I know it’s a mess.<\/p>\n
I’m the Other and I am banned.<\/p>\n
But this will work out because love always wins;<\/p>\n
That is what the literature states.<\/p>\n
I fell for the wrong man, for my sins<\/p>\n
And now we hide, something he hates.<\/p>\n
In the dimly lit cafe, more people pour in<\/p>\n
And see two people in love, their merged fates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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