Homophobia
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1. Silent. Keep walking. This is not worth my attention.
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2. I don't have the energy for this. If you're gonna try something, just do it, or leave me alone.
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Loud!
Proud!
And under attack,
We don't want victims,
This city,
It lacks,
Loud!
Proud!!
We've fought for a name,
No way can you bring us all down,
To a shame
A minute is slicing my nerves
It gives me a pressure along my body's curves
Muting my voice down to the silence
Betraying me, my gestures are put in defiance
A minute ago I was a human
It’s dark.
It’s cold.
And I’m alone.
It smells of bad ideas and regret.
The dust is suffocating me.
The clothes tempt me.
Dear Mom, why do you hate me?
Is it because of secrets that have come out lately?
That I do not love the same way you do,
Or do not follow religion as if by voodoo?
What if we all walked with our eyes closed?
Would we lose our social standards or would we find new ways to call each other ugly?
Would our skin tone still be juxtaposed?
When I was a kid, my mom would give me and my sisters
coloring books to keep us preoccupied
during Sunday Masses- Jesus themed coloring books, of course.
The Catholic kind where you use crayons to
You tell me I'm too young
Too young to date
Too young to swear around
As if hearing the word fuck would trigger a panic attack
As if I don't know what the real world is like
They didn’t tell you that cherry cola was wrong,
but they let you know it was.
They said that only the sick minded drank it,
declared from a broken and cracked pulpit
You hide behind pages withered with millenia of hatred
Each letter an excuse for you to say "I don't care if they hold hands,
Just don't do it front of my kids."
Day one
Religious
Dependent
Straight.
Youngest
Church is ok, would rather be somewhere else
“Baby’d” if you may
Day one
Religious
Dependent
Straight.
Youngest
Church is ok, would rather be somewhere else
“Baby’d” if you may
I love my mother
I love her warmth
I love her wit
I love her fearlessness and admire her endurance
I love the way she loves strangers
I love the way she loves me
In adolescence,
Do not push me back into that closet
because you're too ashamed
of who I am.
Do not "warn" me about anything
because you haven't been in my situation
nor ever will be.
Chants of slurs follow people
down the streets
through the halls
in jobs
in home.
Places supposed to be sacrad and safe
Turned against them.
Nobody woke up and asked to be called 'Fag'
You’re usually not that blunt.
It’s usually sewn in with threads of:
motherhood, divine goal, dating advice, dances,
I usually just
don’t exist.
Hey you. Yeah, I mean you. Mind if I rant to you a bit? I know it’s weird of me to ask this,but I need to rant to anyone at this point.
Oh how joyful would it be…
If America stayed true to its promise and everyone was truly free.
Oh how joyful would it be…
If you weren’t already in jail,
Thou who weeps their tears to form a river of torment,
Art thou who know they can live through everything.
Thee who shook hands with the demons who lye dormant,
While sinister grins from above emit subtle rings.
The washerwoman turns to me and asks,“Did you hear about Damalis?”Our hands dip into the cool river waters,Cold linen draped along our slipping skin.
uncomfortable hatred
casual dislike
heart on edge
whenever the word is whispered
i hear them say it
in that hushed tone
america the free, that's what they say
i am free, that's what they say
you're free they say
i am free
Child,
You are ignorant.
Ignorant to the horrors of our world.
Hatred.
Evil.
Corruption.
Destruction.
No,
A 16-year-old died last night
And he felt no Love
Only the Darkness
His life consisted of
His mantra to the world
Was, "Reveal the truth!"
However when it came
He sought to delude
Everyone knows the story of The Little Mermaid right?
Young mermaid falls in love with a dashing prince at sea and marries him and they live happily ever after?
Wrong.
Ariel was not interested in Prince Eric at all,
Girls like her were landmines.
She was so beautiful, yet so dangerous to look at
Like an eclipse, if you stared too long she'd ruin your eyes.
If I stared too long someone would notice
Forbear me- lest I remember
The 1500 hour
For those less than 16 it was the hour of R&R
For me it was the prelude to the dour
Oh minor me! How you had to give your voice variation
six feet under
damn what a bummer
all because
of
their skin
what was the color?
black
in america, is this even a surprise
America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave…
At least, that’s the lie we tell ourselves,
One so fragile a single man kneeling to the ground threatens to shatter it.
Olive Oil
Caseena Karim
my grandmother prays
to a man pale enough
for a public to adore
she tells me,
I tried to list out all the problems in society.
But there are so many in this country.
Racists and Rapists run rampant,
Some even run for office
And they get elected.
Ofcourse America is in good shape... great shape even.
I saw him in a hoodie taking a jog one day..he was 6 ft, dark male... um looking suspicious though, so I made
Eyes
Eyes that show us the world we live in
Eyes that give vivid pictures in our minds
Eyes that let us see the wonder
Eyes that make up our own experiences
Waving flag; Burning flag
Freedom
Equality
Justice
For all
Let your voice be heard
Protest
Disobey
I was told as a kidthat I was born in the best country.The strongest, the bravest,the hero of every story.
When we're little
our parents choose our names
and our future.
They want us
to have the perfect job
to marry the perfect person
and to have children
They want the best for us
A year ago, I was not me.
But who then, have I come to be?
A year ago, I had the same name, voice, and face
I wore these same clothes and lived in the same place.
I have not gone through catastrophe,
Dear mom,
I am sorry for what I have put you through.
For not being your ideal daughter.
For not fulfilling what is asked of me
As a white, American girl.
In this world that we live in, we’re all God’s children
But how does it make sense that somehow I’m the exception
I’m unique, I’m me, I’m one in a million
"Why is it that we can have an all girls school,
but when we have all boys schools,
it's sexist?"
Except,
No one's said that.
And if they have,
There are people who find all girls schools sexist.
Senior Year
17 and 18 year old punk kids
Who used to be prodigies, geniuses, beyond their years
We were told we were so smart
There is a little girl in the universe right now who is learning to not speak.
The human world is a mess,
A Disney quote one might know,
So many problems we need to address,
To end the pain and stop the woe.
There’s isms galore constantly around us,
Land of the free
Home of the brave
As long as you're white
And not transgender and certainly not a queer lady.
he's such a fag
that's so gay
words that you hear everyday
they might even be things that you say
I met a friend
On the bus
Years ago
We were two years
Apart but that
mattered no
He was the most
Kind person
I had met
Outside junior
High and summer
Camp
We are groups of people
made to hate
because of who we love
not what we stand for.
Did no one listen to
your parents?
You treat others how you want to be treated
not
When I was six
I had a pal
Some now know'im as
The rainbow childW
We spent those years
Playing tag
Watchin' All That
ANd getting laughs
But his name
I
“Nothing is set in stone;
besides, I don’t even know what I want.
I don’t care about your hopes and dreams;
my needs matter so much more.”
II
Hispanic women always say I should learn how to cook,
because men like that. Not just Hispanic men,
but all men.
Big men with swollen arms and clouded heads that
like to take it slow.
I don't like hate.
Judgement makes me irate.
Racism makes me want to scream.
Homophobia makes me angry.
I'm sick of people being mean,
bullying because of their own insecurities,
So you say
'cause I'm gay
I'm to blame
For your bullshit
Excuse me
Allow me to rebut
See I'm not blame
'cause ya
Can't find a damn job
You're strugglin' like everyone
What is a world without transition and change?
All the gay lesbians transgender and bi people are not natural they say!
But who are they to say what is natural?
When homosexuals are found in so many different species?
All I ever wanted
Was for my bisexual cousin 2 feel safe
Walking with her partner and not worry
'bout some fucktard trying to rape her straight
All I ever wanted
Was to find love
I would make everyone see that
We're all human.
We're all the same.
Sharing the same planet and co-existing in beautiful diversity
And these things you call
"race"
"sexuality"
"gender"
They sent their kids to get an education
But what they got was a nasty situation
They thought their kids would be laweyers and doctors
They never thought they'd be victims and martyrs
Welcome to hell
In 2013people are still slavesslaves to the patriarchy
black boys getting friskedinnocentjust on the streetand they call it"pre-emptive"
Scarlet Letter , a message to the masses
There's a killer in our sheets, so rap it up before you catch it
Or check it up before you pass it , no exceptions
To the slash list, so please avoid, the dash, on that
Homelessness, anarchy, terrorism
This is reality.
Wars, drugs, abortions
This is reality.
Global warming, corruption, debt
This is reality.
AIDS, alcohol, smoking
This is reality.
I live in a world of black and white
Bu I’m all color.
From my skin, to my hair,
To my eyes,
Even my insides.
I’m full blown color
But they paint me black.
They paint me white.
I am the homosexual
A human much like the other
Yet a monster of identity
For my humanity is real
But my beliefs hiss in the face of society
Why!
Simple
The hammer of justice
