We Can Be A Light
Sal was sixteen when he committed suicide.
A loving son and brother.
You could count on Sal when you needed to talk and know it was confidential.
Sal was always there with a smile and a vote of confidence in any endeavor you might pursue.
Sal's sense of humor and love for life was contagious and treasured by his family.
Then something happened...
He drowned wearing a cloak of self-loathing.
Sal's dignity and self-worth suffered the slurs of homophobic zealots.
"Guilty of sin. A sin against God and nature.”, they hollered.
Societal prejudice and loathing usurped the love of Sal's family.
Too many bodies are washed ashore from the violent seas of hate.
It doesn't have to be.
The enlightened hearts and minds of each generation must hold sacred the need to establish and maintain Lighthouses of Love and Respect.
So that...
When a lonely, frightened Child of God sees the beam of light he or she will know, that they are not alone and that Compassion and Empathy will be waiting for them on the shore.
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China offers infrastructures,
India offers agricultural projects,
and Russia offers security to Africa
and you, in Europe, offer homosexuality.
Quote by Jean-Luc Melenchon.
On this planet earth
many people hate
to hear the truth
because they can not bear
it into their hearts.
Speaking the truth
Does not mean gossip.
a person who loves you
tell you the truth daily.
If you mean to
love some people
and offer them
homosexuality.
They refuse your
offer as it is against
their culture and
laws of Yahweh.
You then force them
to give you mineral
resources in retain.
They raise objections to that.
You later sanction them
for refusing the so called offer
which is mix poison in their
understandings.
Do you really love them?
Some African countries are under sanctions
Of USA and European Union
Because of refusing homosexuality
in their countries
Can Africans keep silent?
Someone who offers nothing
Forces to collect huge thing
In business of win win.
Injustice has no clean
doors in the world.
August 9/2023
Did you think, ma, that I,
your son, getting older,
would be writing to you?
You think it's a strange thing to do?
We rarely ever wrote letters, son,
so much in touch we were.
We shared a home for so long
until you found a relationship.
You do seem to disapprove
of much that I am, ma.
Approved of a relationship, in general, yes,
but the one that I have?
Oh, I do want you to have someone,
love someone, introduce me to someone,
walk with, talk to, love that someone.
But . . .
Yes, you give me that But . . .
You really disapprove of my partner,
because, well because,
this is a he? Yes a he . . .
Oh, you must enjoy your life,
and I'll always be here for you.
And I do want you to have a relationship,
but, well, I think, er, well . . .
(Jul 2022)
She stands invisible to any fair go,
Mentally bashed to a paste,
In a world where she is not wanted,
Where she is simply erased,
Where none of her self is accepted by men,
Women distrust her as well,
Where she is politely told to vanish,
To crawl back into her shell,
She’s been beaten and bashed and raped by angry,
Pushed to the fork in the road,
This academically gifted heart beating girl,
Has been pushed right out to the cold,
She believes what folks whisper about her,
She believes the things that they say,
She believes she doesn’t fit into this world,
That she’s defective because she is gay.
I promote and encourage all men to convert to homosexuality,
so that there will be no competition and all women left for me.
Pretty scary, huh ladies?
Imagine if that became reality.
The whole planet would most likely go totally lesbo too eventually
if I were the only heterosexual male left and willing to breed.
Damnit! My plan backfired on me!
In the eyes of Allah
Homosexuality is a grievous sin
Even birds and animals
Never do this thing
It is a work of devils
For a gay
There are only two holes
If you think hole is enough
Sex doesn't matter
Whereas girls have three holes
Girls have hairless boobs
That can be sucked
Girls have no beard and mustache
So their face can be licked
A boy and a girl
Can ensure reproduction
That is essential
For existence of mankind
In the future
In Islam
A man can marry more than one girl
Even he can enjoy sex
With sex workers
That’s why
Lesbianism is not a great sin
However
For a lesbian
Although there are artificial cocks
And sperm like things
The original sexual organs
Of a man are much better
Although
Illegal sex is a sin
God never destroy any nation
For enjoying illegal sex
With opposite sex
But God destroy nation
For homosexuality!
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