DISSECTING DIFFERENCE

Observe, listen, and enter in
Limit your words to concepts that mean
....hope
Moments pass into eons
Waiting for the opportunity to seem
....right

I speak
    leak
      and quickly retreat
To think some more

Once, I expressed anger
And demons were the result
I experienced depression
And was reprimanded for being selfish
I was overwhelmed by suicide
And was given the HOTLINE
I ran into the heart of a man
And was told to get out at once
I lost all that this life could hold
Not even my name, is mine
....and I wonder

While others are dissecting my difference
Shall I give them the outcome needed 
.....for justification of every accusation
Or do I stand strong against the fears
That leer and try to steer my words
.....in the terror of love without error
 ........and continue to be the bearer of GOOD NEWS

Written by Trudy Schrader on 10-09-2018