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Testament

Oz Hardwick

This is the truth. Not the whole truth-
that would be a lie. There is no whole truth,
just piecemeal insights and epiphanies, scratched
from parks and alleys, from vacant lots,
from schoolyard walls and subway shadows.
But this is the place where the pieces fit,
where my truth, your truth, the truths of strangers
flash and fuse to a bright whole,
a shining mosaic, a stained-glass icon,
a votive light of pure faith.

And in this light, this truth, nobody will kneel,
nobody will bow their head, nobody
will apologise, nobody will beg forgiveness
for being alive. Instead, we’ll testify
to our shared selves, our shared truth,
to our shared pain, our shared love,
the blood pumping through our shared heart,
and our shared, messed-up, beautiful humanity,
aloud in our unique shared voices,
for ever and ever. This is the truth.

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