A Poem

It’s strange, really

being part of a class

that a famous priest claims

has no moral legitimacy

No reason for existing aside from sexual deviancy

or mental illness he says

nor reason for me existing at all

except in mortal sin

God weeps for you he says

and your lifestyle

as a good Catholic and a priest for the Lord

I must tell you you are a sinner and blasphemer and are going to hell

Says the priest

not knowing

of my lifestyle

or my works 

or of my love for God 

and my fellow person

and John 3:16

and God Is Love

It is really strange

being a person 

condemned by a priest

as a sinner and blasphemer

because 

I know

that 

I'm not the first