I’m not homophobic
My son is gay.
I’m not a racist
My best friend is black.
You tell me as you
Tie your tie
Lace your shoes
Grab your bag of literature
And
Go.
I love you,
Not
What you do.
What I do is who I am
So If you love me
Then you love what I do
_________________________________________________________________________
Choose God
Or
this
How, I wonder.
Why, I wonder.
What does it mean
When you tell me you
Love the sinner, but
Hate
The sin.
Love
Hate
Love
Hate
White
Black
All
None
Black
White
No
Grey
I love Grey.
I watch you sit there
On the phone
I love you, mom,
You say.
I love you for saying it.
You look at me and smile
What?
Nothing.
Why were you looking at me like that?
I just love you, that’s all.
We said I LOVE YOU for the first time last week
And every five minutes since
I love you too
You kiss me on the cheek as you lift
From the couch
Basketball shorts
White t-shirt with yellow tacos in the armpits
You are ugly
Tennis shorts
Green hoodie covered in blond dog hair
I am ugly
We are cute that way
I remember when
I remember when our lips
I remember when our lips first met
Like very old friends reuniting
That moment transcended
Sex
Became more than
Me
Fulfilled me
By making me one half of Us.
I was
Liberated
Rejuvenated
Free
Safe
Happy
I felt forgiven
Kissing for repentence
5 comments:
I love it Tay! Especially the first two. Well done, keep em coming.
It's great. You should dabble some more.
at first i thought the one that starts with "i love you, mom" was about you and your mom, so when it got to the sex stuff, i was worried and confused, haha. then i read it again and got. and LOVED it! you're a born poet! -sam
I've never seen a poem quite like that before. The style is intriguing. I love it! The flow is terse, which leads people to stop and think about what the poem just said. I think I might have to dabble in this a bit myself ;) Thanks for sharing
I like the line that says 'love the sinner but hate the sin'. best
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