Understandings

I understand the gravity of our connection as humans.

Where you fell short was when I believed.

That you held a standard above any other man.

I believed that you were superior.

I figured I was gaining by being in your presence.

I walked into that room and immediately fell.

Into the false security of you being a man.

In this difficult narrative called us.

It wasn’t until I saw how you acted.

After that incident I looked at you differently.

Maybe we had two different experiences.

Maybe we had two different expectations.