i am going to attempt to put words
to the unspeakably tragic.
my heart, mind & soul
sinks, fumbles,
shakes in denial
and i never knew you.
so many children
know the agony
of the constricting prison of
"masculinity"
or
"femininity"
and still other children
who don't even know themselves yet
patrol the borders of that prison
with adolescent cruelty
your world must have been so painful
so claustrophobic
to choose constricting your own breath
as a means of escape
carl
may your spirit rest
and your story teach us
that homophobia hurts everyone
constricts us all
whether you are gay
or people just decide you are.
may your spirit rest
may your family know peace
may justice and empathy evolve hand in hand.
you are beautiful.
~rmw 4/10/09
*for the article in GLSEN click here.
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