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chances are you are no saint

Linda M. Crate

all my life i was taught
it was wrong to love her,
but if it is wrong to
love her then i am afraid
that never shall i be right;

i remember sitting in those
church pews feeling tainted and dirty,
wondering when i might be smited
for sitting in a sanctuary i didn’t
belong in that never felt safe
to me but felt more like a prison
for my soul—

only the music freed me from the
anxiety that came with sitting somewhere
where i was alone despite the crowd,

she was a sun and i am a moon;
it made sense for me to be attracted to her light—

despite our difference we shone beautifully
together and had such wonderful adventures,
i am sorry i ever pushed her away out of my fear
of falling from heaven; i am sorry i chose my
anger and my confusion instead of her love—

you can say i am a sinner, i am not the only one;
and chances are you are no saint.

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