Believe in Love

I believe in love, I don’t believe in sex and gender

You can’t take a person and break her or bend her

To believe in something that you believe

In order to trick or deceive

Someone into thinking they have to change

So that everyone in this world thinks and acts the same

Scare them with God and religion

Make them see a world that you yourself envisioned

Was the right way,

Like you have some God given right to say

Or judge someone for who they were meant to be

Playing God like your way is the only way to see

So that even a reflection doesn’t like the looks of me

Preach about love and acceptance and being free

But we aren’t free to love who we want, there’s no equality

Ask God to give you the strength to accept

The things you cannot change, and you haven’t changed me yet

So why not accept me and let me be who I am

And stop and think that maybe the same man

That died for you

Died for me too

And maybe this is all God’s plan

And even if it’s not, my fate does not rest in your hands

To tell me that I can’t be heaven sent

Because my mind is not limited to loving just one sex

And it’s sickening to see that you believe

That the gates won’t open up for me

But rapists and murderers give up their sin

And God forgives them, opens up his arms, and lets them in

Yet you shy away from my embrace

With fear in your heart and disgust on your face

Imagine a whole world this narrow minded

Sometimes you forget you’re privileged and have to be reminded

That there is so much freedom today we never have just one choice

Nobody is silenced, or overlooked, or told they don’t have a voice

People may force their opinions on you, but you don’t have to listen

I think it’s okay for a man to love a man, and you believe in your religion

You believe in blind faith, but it’s crazy for me to love a woman

Tell me that your heart has never been broken

Or that the love that you felt was in the lies that were spoken

And preached before you on Sunday

Tell me how many times you’ve dropped to your knees to pray

That you’ve called out to God and begged to be different

Over and over, the same questions, but His answers were silent

It’s easy to sit back and tell us that we made a decision

That we chose a life of constant judgment and harsh opposition

The funny thing is I used to wake up every morning and pray

Get down on my knees and beg God not to let me be gay

It’s easy to sit back and pass judgments on others

When you can’t see their heart wrapped up under the covers

Like a scared little kid just stumbling in the dark

Trying to make sense of a world that’s left its scars

A stain, a darkness, that lingers on my skin

That I can’t change, and I won’t change. This wasn’t a decision.

You don’t choose to be different

And sometimes you won’t be forgiven

But if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that love has no limit

You may only get one life, but you get to choose how you live it