For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
- 2 Timothy 1:7
I am not a faggot.
Nor am I the slimy serpent ceaselessly slithering in your brain.
Though you may paint me that way,
I am not the dirt under your filthy boots.
I come from the furnace of affliction.
I am forged by the beating hammer –
Thump! Dross! Drop!
I shed your bigotry like God does the world.
We are pilgrims with a purpose,
All of us – united by our nature.
So even if we are not written down in history,
We will go down in history for our love, natheless.
We are all conferred the same divine commission.
We are all wonderfully and fearfully designed.
So, halt this hindering hatred!
Who are we to censor another?
Driving down the twinkling highway,
Down the golden-paved lane,
Each according to their virtue.
This billboard is the pearl-studded gate.