False Prophets

What too many LGBT people have to face this.

Why do you feel

This burning need

To purify my "corrupt soul"

Because I am

A trans-lesbian.

Are you

So insecure

In your sexuality

and religious beliefs

To attack me?

With Biblical quotes

To justify your position.

 

And yet

I live my life

Closer to your religious tenets

Than you do.

Even though

I am

Not a believer.

Please

Before you try

To harm another person

With your inane logic

Stop and think

First.

Are your words

And actions

Causing more harm

Than good?

In trying to change

What is genetics.

Author's Note

Among some people, the belief exist that a person can "saved" or "cured" of their deviant way, (i.e. homosexuality and/or gender orientation) through the usage of the Bible. Never realizing, the full extent of the emotional and psychological damage, they are inflicting upon their victim. Brutal reality is, they are trying to undo, what that person’s genetic code has written for them.

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

I don't understand why most people just don't get it by now. It's not a choice. The bible can be used by all sorts of people to justify all sorts of self-righteous behavior. The tide is turning but not fast enough. Who has the right to judge anyone's lifestyle when it does not impede on others lives. Your poem is powerful and honest and you ask very good questions about the tenets we should all live by.

[therisa]

When I first came out to a close friend, who I felt that I could trust, he dropped the Biblical quote bomb upon me. I was still recovering after my brutal rejection from my mom, which I had spiralled down into a suicidal depression for several weeks. Thus found myself, alone, with a world of anger and guilt, with not safe release valve. Thank you, for your review of this poem.

[icelandicblue]

When my friend came out to me I finished her sentence for her. I knew she was scared and I also felt that she might be gay but I never asked I waited for her to be ready and when she was she told me. It disgusts me when people use the bible as a weapon. Who among us is above reproach? I am sorry for your struggles and the prejudice and rejection that you have faced. Honestly, if it were a "choice" do they really think people would choose to face this kind of hatred? We really have not evolved as a species.

[therisa]

Honestly, I would have stayed in the closet, if I could live my life, without the daily stress and worry about being found out, by those, who I knew, felt this way.

[Emily B]

I've had this argument many times with dear church friends. There were harsh words and tears and bible verses on all sides. I didn't know why I was fighting them - yet. It just felt like something I had to stand up for. They asked me many times "why would you champion those people?" And i said, why would you not?

I think it is much simpler than we imagine. It is not for us to judge. He's got this. He told me so.

[therisa]

Emily, you fight for people, like myself and others, whom have hurt others, with their zealotry. Thank you, for your openness in reviewing this poem, of mine.

[Emily B]

I fight for people because someone fights for me :)

[therisa]

You don't know how powerful your words mean to me, at this moment, Emily. Thank you, very much.