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eowyntje — On hate and living
Published: 2010-11-20 11:17:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 452; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 7
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I started to live the day you hit me.The day you taught me bruises heal
Without your kisses to make it better.
I started to grow the day you left me
The day you taught me I could deal
With life after your goodbye letter.
I don't need you.
And I remember
The day you cut off my balls
And told me I was too gay to have a family plan.
The day you called me a sissy
And liberated me from the need to 'be a man',
Threw me in the gutter, the day my life began.
And I don't need you
Maybe I've always been stronger alone
Or maybe through your abuse I have grown
Into something more than black and blue
There are rainbows on my skin,
Where your fists could not break in
Where your hate could not break through
I will never hit your back
My hands were made to give,
For all the wisdom that you lack,
I hope one day you'll start to live
And I'll be there to forgive you.
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Comments: 6
holy mackeral i dont know wat else to say my son is gay and he grew up with an abusive father now hes way cool and isnt tryin to be not himself the anger i feel just telling this is messed up but i stuck up for him and that anger was turned on me the things your writing mean somethin and it reached me here in volcano hawaii wat a feat of courage keep this up
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Thank you so much. I'm so glad this touched you, and you are so so awesome for sticking up for your son. I wish I could give you a hug and thank you for that.
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im still in the process of reading your stuff but i love the truth in it simply beautiful dont ever stop
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I love poetry, and may I just say that this one completely outshines anythihng I've read since forever. I love the symbolism with the rainbows on his skin, and I love the final message. I was just in a performance of the Laramie Project, and I lately have been overwhelmed with gratitude for the compassion in the arts for all people, no matter size, shape, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, you name it.
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Aww, thanks, I'm so glad you liked i.
And you are super awesome for being in a performance of the Laramie Project.
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it was the most profound play I've ever done. And I'm really grateful to Moises Kaufman for writing it and all the citizens of Laramie who consented to the interviews for contributing to it.
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