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LESBIAN
When we are young we are taught
Taught right from wrong
There is no middle ground
But how come something I was taught was wrong
Taught was so wrong seems so right
They laugh when I say I want a family
When I see myself married with kids
The church can’t accept me
They tell me its not really love
We are taught only a man can love a woman
And only a woman can love a man
Then how come it feels more right for me to be with a woman?
But still in my head
In my head I feel I’m doing something bad
Its strains some of my friendships
And I can’t even tell most of my family
But I know it can’t be wrong
Because as much as we search
As much as we look
Not one place in that book
Does it say a man can’t be with a man
Or a woman can’t not be with a woman
It says a man should not be with a boy
And of course a man should not be with a boy
But it does not say a man shouldn’t be with a man
Or a woman with a woman
So then why does the church hate?
Why is it embedded into our heads as wrong?
When that book also says getting drunk is bad
It says lying and cheating and stealing are bad
And yes those are looked at as not great things
But they are not looked at as bad as being a gay
When was the last time you heard someone
Heard someone say “that’s so gay”
Or heard someone call someone a fag?
I’m sure it was either yesterday
If not today
I was taught life was black and white
But its not even close
Its black and blue and green and yellow and white
And every color in-between
So next time you want to judge
Think of what I’m saying
But maybe I’m wrong
Maybe the fact that I want to date a women
Maybe that means I’m a bad person
People tell me it’s a life choice
But why would I choose this
Why would I choose to be hated by where I come from?
I wouldn’t if it was a choice
I can’t change who I am
I was born in the church
I was raised in the church
Everything in my head says don’t date a woman
It was wired into me to think it was wrong
But this can’t be wrong
My background growing up may say its wrong
But my heart tells me its not
My heart tells me its okay to want to be with a woman
No matter what the church says
No matter what society says
No matter how many friends I lose
Or how many family members don’t talk to me anymore
I can’t change
This is not a choice
I stand proud when I say I am gay
I stand proud when I say I will love a Woman
Because to me the world isn’t black and white
I have rewired my brain
I no longer live with the same values I was taught
I have fixed the values that I didn’t believe were right
And I’ve kept that ones I still find truthful
But I’m proud to say I date women