I came across this moving poem by my myspace friend Joseph, aka AfroCentricNeoHipHopSoul and with his permission I am sharing it with you guys on my site. It's a very moving poem that epitomizes what it means to love and accept yourself just as you were created.
God Heal Me/ I'm Coming Out 
Current mood: Expecting A Miracle
God Heal Me of the Pain
God Heal Me of the Hurt
God Heal Me of the Depression
God Heal Me of the Low Self Esteem
God Heal Me of the voice that tells me I'm less than
That two brothers can't love each other
That I'm sick because I'm a brother who loves brothers
That I need to be something or somebody else beside what I am
That I'm a faggot
That I'm a nigger
That I'm a disgrace
That I'm a dissapointment
That I'm a disease
That tells me that I'll never get back to that place of knowing and being the Young, Gifted, African American , Same Gender Loving, Christian Identified, Nubian King that I am
God Heal Me of the internalized and externalized homophobia
The internalized and externalized racism
God Heal Me of the feeling of being disconnected form myself
God Heal Me of the pain that has been inflicted upon me by people that I have admired, respected, and even loved and help me to forgive these people because I know that they know no better
I'M COMING OUT!
I'm Coming out of Homophobia
I'm Coming out of Racism
I'm Coming out of Low Self Esteem
I'm Coming Out of Depression
I'm Coming out of suicidal and Self-Destructive Thinking
I'm Coming Out of Financial Difficulty
I'm reclaiming my Peace
I'm reclaiming my joy
I'm reclaiming my Faith
I'm reclaiming my testimony, my confidence, and my praise as a Black Same Gender Loving Person of Faith
I'm reclaiming my goals and dreams
I'm reclaiming and taking control of my academic situation
I'm coming out of all these things and I'm coming out with my hands up
Click here to see who inspired this poem.
Labels: Coming Out
2 Comments:
Brother thank you once gain for thinking enough of me to want to post my work
May 02, 2007 10:40 AM
This was a very inspirational poem.
May 02, 2007 11:04 AM
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