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Too long have I been a victim A target of your judgement As you whisper behind your hands And laugh behind your Bibles But you know naught of my life You know nothing Nothing of my burdens Or the story that’s built me So how do you sit and hate what you do not know Does your ignorance blind you so? Your audacious judgement to be cast Upon anyone different from you The way I dress, speak The choices I make They don’t measure up to your devices Too long and too often have I fallen prey to those like you For eons have I tried to fit into your Christian circles But I have lived I have sinned I have borne your hate And I have overcome I no longer desire to be part of your hypocrisy No longer long to be part your elite Yet now you ask for my company For I have become one of your charities But I’m sorry you’re out of luck Cause frankly I no longer give a
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May 22, 2014
May 22, 2014 at 7:03 AM UTC
Piety
Too long have I been a victim A target of your judgement As you whisper behind your hands And laugh behind your Bibles But you know naught of my life You know nothing Nothing of my burdens Or the story that’s built me So how do you sit and hate what you do not know Does your ignorance blind you so? Your audacious judgement to be cast Upon anyone different from you The way I dress, speak The choices I make They don’t measure up to your devices Too long and too often have I fallen prey to those like you For eons have I tried to fit into your Christian circles But I have lived I have sinned I have borne your hate And I have overcome I no longer desire to be part of your hypocrisy No longer long to be part your elite Yet now you ask for my company For I have become one of your charities But I’m sorry you’re out of luck Cause frankly I no longer give a
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May 22, 2014
May 22, 2014 at 7:03 AM UTC
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