Black, White and Red

It feels like

My world has come

Unhinged

I am coming loose

Splitting seams

And flying paper reams

Cables crossing

A tangled

Mangled

Mess

Trying to understand

Why you have become

So cruel

What rule

Have I broken

When we haven't even spoken

When did I

Become so despised

I mean, honestly

We used to be friends

Or some variation

Of friendship

Until a few months ago

When you

Let go

Disappeared

I've tried not to care

But this feeling has been hanging

Dangling in the air

Above my head

Like a cloud

That won't go away

And in the past few days

Have I seen your true colors

In their shades of grey

No matter how black and white

You try to be

Being frum

Is no excuse for being rude

To me

Them

Or anyone

I will always respect

Someone who wants to grow

Don't you know

I try to do the same

We walk the same road

But maybe it's called another name

So please don't judge

Just because  I sin differently

Because honestly

We all bleed red

We'll end up dead

And I don't want our differences

To dig our graves