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relic of my past

Linda M. Crate

as i sat
in those pews
all i could feel is
unworthy and unwelcome,

kept gazing at those stained
glass windows trying to
will them to fall so i could escape;

church always felt like a shoe
too small and awkward to walk in—

i never felt as i belonged there,
always felt like my path was meant
to be different than the one they had placed
before me;

i had no interest in submitting to any man—

found out i was queer when i realized
that i had a crush on medusa,
and what an awkward situation that was;

i tried to bury it down and i tried to hide that
part of myself and even tried to pray it away—

but i am still queer, and church still feels uncomfortable;
an ill fitting glove and a shoe that i’ve outgrown—
it is a relic of my past that doesn’t define me.

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