Because We Are the Same

Maybe it’s the flower moon
Maybe it’s your birthday coming up
But I seem to be pulling weeds
And letting things go
Tears fall for all reasons
Some for you because
You have been with me in all seasons

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Of all my sisters
You were truly God-given
I found you in math class
Mr. Smith had trouble
keeping our attention
But our hearts knew the final answer
We were safe together

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We have been through hell together
of all kinds
We have proven it is not a final destination
but a place right here
when people choose not to love
Even when I had to grow without you
I found you on the other side

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Out of all the people in the world
you have earned the name Sister
You and my wife have won my trust
You’re the only one that checks on
both of us
My chosen family is small
but mighty indeed

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You are the one who taught me to be brave
You are the one who has given
as much as you take
No one in my lineage
can compare to you
And for that Jamie
it is your heart that makes you great

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Jesus taught me to love
You showed me what it looks like
even when it is all you have
That sometimes it is brutal honesty
when I have no idea what to say
Sometimes it is radical acceptance
of all of what makes me, me

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You gave me freedom to use the wings
I didn’t know I had
I have seen the humanity in you
It is feral sometimes
because when you have looked at death
You know how to fight
I know how to love you

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Because we are the same

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