Yes, I realize Day of Silence is long gone, but the poem I wrote for it apparently made a difference in people's lives. That's why I'm copying and pasting it here - I don't want to alienate my cousins by leaving it there, but it's a good poem and I'm proud to use my talent for writing to help people.
It still doesn't have a title, though. I just think of it as 'The Day of Silence' poem.
"He's such a fa**ot."
"Butch b***h."
"Go die, queer."
These are just some of the cruel things people say,
Just because they are small,
Because they are afraid.
But what do we have to fear?
Love is love, and it's not always
Between a man and a woman.
You say being gay is unnatural?
Over 450 species have been
Known to display homosexuality
Yet the only homophobic one
Is humans. Which one is unnatural now?
In the high school halls yesterday
I heard two guys talking about someone
One of them said, "I'm not friends with him
Anymore." The other asked why, and the
First said, "Because he's gay." Laughing.
And my heart hurt for whoever they
Were talking about. It's just so juvenile
And stupid, to reject someone who matters
So much to you, just because of something
They can't help, something they never chose.
10% of people are LGBTQIA
That's what statistics say
So if you're bigoted, prejudiced,
Homophobic or transphobic -
Stop and think: It's very likely
Someone you love is scared to
Come out to you because they know
What you'll say
Uncomfortable? Good.
People need to know; because love
Is the only way the hate can end.
This is why I say it loud and proud.
It's Day of Silence, and at my school
More people care that prom is coming up.
Today is the day of honor
For sexual and gender minorities
Who killed themselves because of others' hate
But no one even notices.
Innocent people have died because bigots
Were angry and afraid.
Whether you're straight, bi, asexual,
Trans, genderqueer, pan, gay, poly,
Or anything else, listen to this today
No matter what, we're all just people.
So even if it's just for a while,
Set aside your prejudice, your labels,
Your anger and fear. Love is love
And there's nothing wrong with being gay.
It still doesn't have a title, though. I just think of it as 'The Day of Silence' poem.
"He's such a fa**ot."
"Butch b***h."
"Go die, queer."
These are just some of the cruel things people say,
Just because they are small,
Because they are afraid.
But what do we have to fear?
Love is love, and it's not always
Between a man and a woman.
You say being gay is unnatural?
Over 450 species have been
Known to display homosexuality
Yet the only homophobic one
Is humans. Which one is unnatural now?
In the high school halls yesterday
I heard two guys talking about someone
One of them said, "I'm not friends with him
Anymore." The other asked why, and the
First said, "Because he's gay." Laughing.
And my heart hurt for whoever they
Were talking about. It's just so juvenile
And stupid, to reject someone who matters
So much to you, just because of something
They can't help, something they never chose.
10% of people are LGBTQIA
That's what statistics say
So if you're bigoted, prejudiced,
Homophobic or transphobic -
Stop and think: It's very likely
Someone you love is scared to
Come out to you because they know
What you'll say
Uncomfortable? Good.
People need to know; because love
Is the only way the hate can end.
This is why I say it loud and proud.
It's Day of Silence, and at my school
More people care that prom is coming up.
Today is the day of honor
For sexual and gender minorities
Who killed themselves because of others' hate
But no one even notices.
Innocent people have died because bigots
Were angry and afraid.
Whether you're straight, bi, asexual,
Trans, genderqueer, pan, gay, poly,
Or anything else, listen to this today
No matter what, we're all just people.
So even if it's just for a while,
Set aside your prejudice, your labels,
Your anger and fear. Love is love
And there's nothing wrong with being gay.
2 comments:
I simply LOVE this poem. Didn´t want to comment on it on the last blog since I feared it would make the discussions between you only worse but now finally I have the chance to tell you that it´s absolutely amazing!
There'll be a Pride Month post coming up next week! Don't want to space the posts to close together or too far apart.
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