found by the light of day
they told me I had no father
that my mother never married
and died giving birth
forever separating me from the truth
what choice did I have
but to break the chains of a past
that never existed
to escape quietly from my inner self
at a very early age I accepted
my free and solitary life
preaching and practicing forgiveness
and believing without a doubt
one day we would lie down together
february two thousand twenty
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