It Is There

Why in 2009 do we still deal with ignorance?
     Have we learned nothing?
Ignorance spawns fear and hatred
    -Hurt them because they are different-
Refusal to open minds
     Hiding behind the cloaks of religious beliefs
Mere puppets
     Unable to form their own thoughts
Screaming - it's morally wrong!
     I demand to know - how is it wrong!?
Am I hurting you?
     Am I stepping on your rights?
You say you do not judge
     But it is there
When I cannot hold her hand in public
     It is there
When you say to me, no you cannot marry
     It is there
It is there in Don't Ask Dont' Tell
    When a child is not safe in school
It is there
    In aloneness and suicide
It is there
     It is there in churches
Persecuted
     By family members and other self righteous believers
Every day you deny me my rights
     You persecute
You judge, yet talk of God's love
     Yet God's love
Is not something I see in you
     I see condemnation and prejudice
-It Is There.
                       DLC © 2009