Behind the Closet Door

Everyday I bleed a tear

Not for love, not for fear

But for those whose ignorance seems so bliss

Who spew out prejudice and hatred...

Such as this:

 

Dyke and f*g

F****t in drag

Butch and gay

Won’t they just disappear and go away?

 

Homo, Queen

Messed up genes

Don't ask don't tell

They should all burn in hell

 

HIV

It’s all the same to me

Fruits and Bi

Maybe they’ll all get AIDS and die

 

Fairies, Trannies, and Auntie Em

God will surely condemn all of them

 

Transgender, Transvestite

Such a terribly horrifying and appalling sight

Shemale?

So make up your mind sicko, male or female?

 

LGBT

What’s the difference, their all queer to me..

So creepy!

 

So tell me my friends, is this the way it should really be?

As I sit here in front of you, but you’re all to blind to see

 

Although, I myself am also gay

You talk with me every single day

I ‘m so disgusted at what you all say

 

Because, I’m the woman who also works next to you

Guess what my friends; I, myself, am also a “Lesbo” too

But you, you all have not even but a single clue

 

Because I, myself, am also very femme,

And I hate the way you talk about the rest of (them)

So today I will break the shocking news

And put to shame all of your revolting views

And step out of my closet and up in your face

Not to fight, but to state my case...

 

That you have all loved me from the very start

And loved me for my beautiful heart

The same heart that you’ve hurt so deep and profound

As I listened to all of your snide remarks, yet I made no sound

So look at me now and tell me if you still feel the same

Since I still possess the same heart and the same name

 

Do you still love me for who I am?

And if you don’t...Well, then I no longer give a damn!

Slam!

Now that’s who I truly am...

Me...And I’m now alas set free!

My closet is empty, my chains and shackles now fall to the ground,

I will never again allow you to imprison me, and make not a single sound!

 

 

 

Reviews

[bluessadmood]

This is such a wonderful work..you have all the right to be what you like..
i always loved your work and your person and what you say here is very brave
and its your right to choose whatever you like and still be that same lovely
lady I have always known and admired your works a lot..
For me its the personality and the soul of someone which could be really so shiny
its his works ,his words and his behaviour that reflects who he or she really is..
I have known you as a very creative artist,your works were very dear to me
and your person is so dear to me too..
such a wonderful brave write..

[alesuriko]

A very wonderful piece. I truly enjoyed reading it once you set the flow. The beginning needs some work with the flow and rhythm. Especially with your transition from "prejudice and hatred..." to "such as this." Ending it on hatred almost throws it off and the ellipses feels unnecessary. However, the flow of the terms and how different definitions of being "part of the queer word" or being different from the "normal heterocentric world". I really love how you went about including both "politically incorrect" terms and "offensive" terms. I put them in quotations because it's all subjective really. Extremely well done and the rhyme is brilliant.

There is some awkward wording in the last three stanzas. They simply don't flow as perfectly as the rest but they conclude the poem wonderfully. They display the point of the poem and emphasis morals and judgment and coming out and accepting yourself for who you are without caring about how others judge you because it's their prerogative and all that lovely stuff. The emphasis on "Slam!" is one of the main things that threw the flow off for me. It felt like it was too reaching (no offense meant). But otherwise... this is an amazing piece that is very well written and exposes several truths about the world we live in and the people around us.

[Orlando Murcia]

I love your voice in this
I am behind you 100%

F**k those who judge
They don't matter anyway!!

Nice work !!

Orlando M

[fireblossom]

A declaration of ... not war ... independence. I just read a story about religious persecution in Eastern Europe. Labels, lies, spies, hate and suspicion. Calling those who were of the minority "mentally ill" and degenerate and this was fomented by the clergy against people who wanted to worship God as they saw fit.

In Nazi Germany, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses and Homosexuals joined the Jews in the camps. Barbarous anti-human small minded fear mongers be damned.

Your poem was passionate and pointed and true. I would like to say that I love you as a fellow human who is trying to find the way amidst all the crap. I am not gay but listen to me�I love you. There are lots of us out here; middle aged, balding, overweight men who probably seem threatening and may to varying degrees be threatened still, but who when pressed to process their deeper feelings will discover that they truly love and admire you.



[Marina]

YES!

I love you.
This is such a great poem. I seriously can't stand all homophobes and ignorant people out there. I just want to slap 'em on the head and tell them how stupid they are. Show them how reality is--that people can't choose the way they're born. And that the decisions that a person makes in life are their decisions. As they make their own decisions. Way of living.

People are so goddamn annoying these days. I wish I lived in the cavemen era...everyone walked around naked and no really cared who ya dug or what you looked like.

Also, these are the main reasons I choose some people as my friends. Every single point in here is absolutley correct and if I can't expect a person to be able to be nice to a person and accept diversity then they're not my type of friend.

This couldn't have been written any better!
Awsome write! This is great.
I truley did love it. Sorry for the long review. I just had a lot to say--it's a wonderfully written poem.

[man Atek]

wow ... the long poems
not borrow to read
sweet and has
character,,
good job
sep jez !

[Michelle Long]

Hell yeah!
Tell it like it is!
I completely agree with every point you've made in this piece.
This was just wonderful, and I have no words I can possibly say from here on. =]
SLAM!

[Tallulah]

This was great. It held so much emotion I loved it. It held such a great and strong meaning. I love it.