Love

This cloud of shadow covers my head 
Obscuring the laughter on my face, 
The cloud's name I'll tell you not 
Lest you see it as my race. 
 
One mistake cannot define me 
And will not mark me as among the dead, 
But forgive me for not speaking true 
And choosing to hide this burden instead. 
 
Perhaps love can now be borne in pain 
Equal shadows of the same affliction, 
So sad conversion made Us the same, 
But glad it caused unbiased connection. 
 
So maybe I'm not the same as before 
But my heart still yearns for some devotion, 
And Your smile and warmth I'll hold close 
Even if You're far across an ocean.

No stigma