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Should I really worry

about the people

holding a smile on their face

and hatred inside their heart

their sweetness melts you

to the core

then you see the same people

marching with the protesters

holding placards

Go Home

You Don’t Belong Here

words that make sense

only to them

never to humanity

sometimes I wonder

what draws a border

around a person

a line

someone else decided

would separate

us

a border

that moves

when it needs to

but never for me

I saw him tonight

at the pub

he smiled

shook my hand

I never thought

he had been in that march

I don’t know

whether he followed the crowd

or whether the crowd

followed him

my heart still shivers

every time

he appears

and calls my name

calls my name