What God Said That?
Damarea Ogbuewu 2005 (South Carolina)
Bold colors reflect off of the flag
That is being held high as a symbolism of their pride
Yet it blinds those that claim that they cannot survive
Unless a love like that has died
The church can wave a cross in their face
Tell them that they'll go to hell
If they don't change their ways.
But they have shifted priorities
In a world of hate with race
To claim that you can pray the gay away
When it was never a sin in the first place
Yet the Pope can say he stands for a group of people
Who are not pushed in the church to stay as equals
The flag represents pride
The pride is a rainbow
Inspired by nature
A creation of God
God looked at the world
All that he has created
And said that it is well
If it is a sin
Then who are we to say that we don't judge
But then judge the ones that love who they wish to love
What God said that?
Your alternate motives say that you wish them well
Yet you claim that it is all done,
When you can prove that the way they live is wrong
As if things will change because you don't approve
To think that you will lose
When you can't achieve the goal of making them chose
The life that you choose
What God said that?
About this poem
In 2022, Ogbuewu wrote a poem on the shame that some religon has put on children of God that wish to be LGBTQ+.
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Written on June 17, 2022
Submitted on July 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | xaxa bcxxb xbxx axxx xxcx xxDc xxxe xeD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,157 |
Words | 252 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
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