Human

This is a poem about the harassment of the gay community and what they have to endure.

They are people,

Whether you like it or not,

They don't need your torment,

Long enough they've fought.

 

Many days of their lives

They endure the people's crap,

Trying to ignore

That some, just can't take the facts.

 

Why do you harass?

Why do you abuse?

Why do you deny?

These people with no excuse.

 

You see it like a joke

And that they don't feel a thing,

While you wear their spirit slowly

While your words, they burn and sting.

 

These people that you spoke to

Before you knew the truth,

People who were your friends

Through your troubled youth.

 

You turn your back blindly

To your faithful friends,

All because you found out

They were gay in the end.

Reviews

[Nautili]

Very powerful, very thought provoking....i'm thinking of an old song i learned n catholic school, "We'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride.....and they'll know we are christians by our love, by our love, yes, they'll know we are christians by our love. I wish all of mankind would treat others with the dignity that they deserve. Sigh...............