Below The Mortal Bone

Izaac Espinoza • November 14, 2025

I can dance with the same rhythm,

I can twirl in a way, the same way you sway,

Ain’t I just like you?

I can sing the same song,

I’ll sing the same notes, high and all,

Ain’t I just like you?

I can laugh at the same jokes,

And I’ll do it in the same way, tears so you may say,

Ain’t I just like you?

I breathe in the same air,

Even when we’re both not aware,

Ain’t I just like you?

I bleed in the same way,

The same red that’s on display

Ain’t I just like you?

So maybe when we are both at death

Perhaps then you’ll see

That when the rot hits my flesh and only bones are left

That I am just like you,

I am human too.

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