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Why do I cry about love when children are dying of hunger? Why do I feel empty about you, when millions live on a dollar? Why do I cry about love when mothers are burying their children? I want to cry for the right reasons I want to cry for injustice For wirikuta I want to cry to my mother, my sisters, my grandmothers and beg them for forgiveness Forgive all my sexist trespassing, all my alliances to abusive men, all my silences Forgive all the times you cleaned after me and served me All the awkward situations I put you into for defending me And my right to be queer Forgive me mother Sisters, aunts, grandmothers, godmothers For allowing you to be undermined in ceremony For stepping up and not letting you speak For speaking the words that belonged to you For not singing soft enough for your ears Why do I cry over men who don’t love me And forget about the women who raised me to be the queer that I am? So I place these tears as an offering of love Will you please accept them? Mother earth Mother universe Will you please accept my offering? Why do I cry over love, While others have tears no more?
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Jan 20, 2014
Jan 20, 2014 at 5:11 PM UTC
Offering of Love
Why do I cry about love when children are dying of hunger? Why do I feel empty about you, when millions live on a dollar? Why do I cry about love when mothers are burying their children? I want to cry for the right reasons I want to cry for injustice For wirikuta I want to cry to my mother, my sisters, my grandmothers and beg them for forgiveness Forgive all my sexist trespassing, all my alliances to abusive men, all my silences Forgive all the times you cleaned after me and served me All the awkward situations I put you into for defending me And my right to be queer Forgive me mother Sisters, aunts, grandmothers, godmothers For allowing you to be undermined in ceremony For stepping up and not letting you speak For speaking the words that belonged to you For not singing soft enough for your ears Why do I cry over men who don’t love me And forget about the women who raised me to be the queer that I am? So I place these tears as an offering of love Will you please accept them? Mother earth Mother universe Will you please accept my offering? Why do I cry over love, While others have tears no more?
xuanito-de-la-puente
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Jan 20, 2014
Jan 20, 2014 at 5:11 PM UTC
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