Hue and Me

If i told you i was an alien
You'd hate me because i wasn't human
If my flesh silver-tainted
You'd hate me because i wasn't gold
If i told you i believed in possibility
You'd hate me because i wasn't jaded
And you'll hate me for saying this
You hate me for your need to hate
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Is this all we are?
Palette people
I pray some painter's hand
Dips into our colors
Smearing us
Indistinguishable
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my roads have red veins
each day i travel miles
your roads have red veins
each day you travel miles
today we intersected
two wanderers, two roads
each thought the other
on the wrong path
we compared maps
surprised all our roads had red veins
now walk with me, my brother