Ink And Blood And Water

from Holy Hand Grenade by Ruckus Aquinas

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I take a step out of the shadows
Where I had left myself to hide
After being judged undeserving of love
By a jury of me, myself, and I
A jury rigged by my preconceptions
Of who to love and how to be
By a group who claimed that in all of their aims
They were doing what was best for me

Because our blood is thicker than water
And ink is thicker than blood
And we're so desperate to do what we've been taught is right
That we don't stop to think what we've been taught

Step in the light then brace for reactions
There is disgust, and there may be screams
But it's not my wounds sending them reeling back
It's where my heart is still unbroken and clean
It may still beat like everyone else's
It may be possess a similar shape
But there's something that's not in line with their thought
Something that they call sick when it's not the same

They say though blood is thicker than water
There's ink that's thicker than blood
And that ink should also flow through our veins
Making sure that all hearts love like theirs does

As I approach you - first there's nothing
A silence with clarity
And the words that follow confirm your response
Betraying how they're chosen so carefully
For kindness matters but is less important
Than making clear that you disagree
And the confession you heard; those living words
They matter less than dead words others have preached

You think that blood is thicker than water
But ink is thicker than blood
And you're so desperate to do what you've been taught is right
That you don't stop to think what you've been taught
You act like blood is thicker than water
But ink is thicker than blood
And you think the best way you can show me love
Is by condemning the way my heart loves

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from Holy Hand Grenade, released February 22, 2018

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