I Choose Love ©2009
The people I used to know
Wouldn’t understand
The change in me
Not the same person I used to be
I’m done with the rules that they set up
That one way is right
And the rest corrupt
I’m letting it go
And I want to know…
Is this really the face of evil that they all fear so much?
She smiles so bright
Not giving up the fight
Rainbow flag held high
Full of pride
Because for one day, one day,
She is genuinely happy. She holds hands with the one she loves
And twirls in circles as her rainbow colored skirt flairs around her,
Her sign is simple “Always love, Hate will get you every time”.
And for once,
For once she is able to forget.
Forget how it is
How hard it is
To be different
In a state where everyone is the same
Or else
You are an “us” or a “them”
There is no “we”
But even this much does not comes free
So she pays tribute
She pays tribute to the ones that paved the way
Holding up candles
Spreading the light
Hoping to make a difference
In the darkest of nights
And she’s just one of many
I watch them
And wonder how others can condemn
When it seems so easy
So easy, to love
And then I find myself, standing under a shower of glitter
Laughing like a child
Like the child in front of me,
Who is also covered in glitter, sparkling like a treasure,
Which he is
To the woman who holds him
And he stretches out his arm to another woman standing close
And he smiles
He smiles because he hasn’t yet been told
Told that his mothers are bad
That their love is a sin
Not because they are different
But because they are, in fact,
Too much the same
And that starts the blame
The shame
A lifetime of pain
And as I watch her brush curls out of his beautiful face
A voice cuts through the celebration and seems to be directed right at me.
Yet another protestor
This one an old man waving a Bible
“Heaven or hell," he asks
"Do you choose heaven or hell?!”
This is the test.
But looking around I am finally sure
“Love,” I said,
“I choose love.”
~Jennifer Rose
*Rough draft aka I need feedback*
The people I used to know
Wouldn’t understand
The change in me
Not the same person I used to be
I’m done with the rules that they set up
That one way is right
And the rest corrupt
I’m letting it go
And I want to know…
Is this really the face of evil that they all fear so much?
She smiles so bright
Not giving up the fight
Rainbow flag held high
Full of pride
Because for one day, one day,
She is genuinely happy. She holds hands with the one she loves
And twirls in circles as her rainbow colored skirt flairs around her,
Her sign is simple “Always love, Hate will get you every time”.
And for once,
For once she is able to forget.
Forget how it is
How hard it is
To be different
In a state where everyone is the same
Or else
You are an “us” or a “them”
There is no “we”
But even this much does not comes free
So she pays tribute
She pays tribute to the ones that paved the way
Holding up candles
Spreading the light
Hoping to make a difference
In the darkest of nights
And she’s just one of many
I watch them
And wonder how others can condemn
When it seems so easy
So easy, to love
And then I find myself, standing under a shower of glitter
Laughing like a child
Like the child in front of me,
Who is also covered in glitter, sparkling like a treasure,
Which he is
To the woman who holds him
And he stretches out his arm to another woman standing close
And he smiles
He smiles because he hasn’t yet been told
Told that his mothers are bad
That their love is a sin
Not because they are different
But because they are, in fact,
Too much the same
And that starts the blame
The shame
A lifetime of pain
And as I watch her brush curls out of his beautiful face
A voice cuts through the celebration and seems to be directed right at me.
Yet another protestor
This one an old man waving a Bible
“Heaven or hell," he asks
"Do you choose heaven or hell?!”
This is the test.
But looking around I am finally sure
“Love,” I said,
“I choose love.”
~Jennifer Rose
*Rough draft aka I need feedback*
I love this AMAZING.
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