Evidence becomes the coin
determining worth on the scales
already rigged from the start
with no measure to dissuade
when morality is the judge
of a world they’d like to purge
all will fall beneath their gaze
when the virtue is misplaced
evil witnessed outside a book
or experience of the self
both are seen as paradigm
to the ones that are assured
madness lays down those paths
even while hearts are pure
identifying outside the lines
the normative is put aside
deviants by their choice
that’s when nature is most pure
without deceit verbalized
even though the masses cry
normative becomes the chant
damning all that are unique
now proof condones everything
or lack thereof to place the hate.
© 2018. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20181001.
The poem “Proof Condones” was inspired by the actions of people who demand evidence for the legitimately of the LGBTQ spectrum. People from both binary ends are quick to exclaim that the middle does not really exist. There seems to be a call to provide proof dating, intimate encounters, and chromosome level testing. These calls are requested for the sake of evidence-based credentials. Sadly this discredits what the spectrum knows is true for themselves. Regardless of experience and appearance, the B, Q, and T of LGBTQ are in a position to KNOW who they truly are. The need for proof, especially proof tied to supposed moral or purity standards, is both hateful and destructive.