When I think of Jesus,
He spoke to the marginalized:
Women, the poor, the sick, the grieving
But where were the gays, lesbians and everyone in between?
Were they hiding their identity?
Men married to lonely women

Women married to desperate men
Fitting in to survive
Enduring to the end
Because that’s what they are supposed to do?

The dutiful husband
Longs for the touch of a man
A denied existence
Builds into repressed anger
He cast the first stone
At the sinners
Because of the hollow hole inside
His heart
He prides his commitment to the community
But his identity dies

The Torah says
Man shall not lie with man, it’s an abomination
The religious leaders preach
Truth is truth
Says the straight, white dude
Perpetually speaking
Instead of waiting for others
To whisper

Listening is hard for powerful men
Seeing
Being quiet
The ego suffers
But hearing others is a small act
To recognize the humanity in all beings

Not everything has an answer
So please, listen