When I was in college a barely adult youth, strange men a circular ellipse around me placed their heavy hands on my temple and prayed in twisted tongues like at the Tower of Babel Casting out the  Demon of Homosexuality.  I like to think on that day,  the Demon was free’d.  And he formed this  gayer than gay version of me.  Maybe he escaped the Bible Belt  and found himself in  New York or San Francisco. Free from being Oppressed.  Repressed.  Dogmatized.  Free from the thoughts of  self harm.  Free from trying so hard to be  someone they’re not meant to be.  While I mourn for my youth,  it started over when I escaped the spiritual enclave the cult.  Doesn’t make me an atheist. Because that in itself is a religion. But I no longer converse with the Creator. Or walk in the Holy Spirit.   I have embraced my demons And that brings me peace.  God loves all of His children except you.

It feels like we’re going solo at the world doesn’t it? Marching like ants for the queen. What does  she do, but give birth to more drones? Is that all I am? Just a drone? But I have a soul. And  maybe an ant does too. But I am capable of marching out of this colony and into the big world. I roam in America solo. Chasing my dreams. That’s most any of us really have. But still we are all  solo. We think we can come together on the outside without coming together on the inside.   That’s where we all spend most of our time, on the inside.  I dance in Louisiana solo. I know I’m smarter than the things I hear, but still I dance. I know ignorance means me no harm. It is here where my life is connected but I know there a big, big world out there. I know.  Louisiana lives in the United States solo. It’s full of food, culture, & soul. Just a foot that the rest of the country stands on though. But still, I want to be solo like Louisiana because I want to dan...

Once upon a time there was a kid named Jimmy, and he was just an average kid. When he was seven, his mom took him to the carnival and insisted he go on the roller coaster with her. He clenched his fists and closed his eyes and whispered, "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can," but he couldn't because he was afraid of heights, and his mom understood, and she let him be.  When he was nine, he fell in love with a girl named Alice, and he asked her for a kiss, and she allowed it. He closed his eyes, pursed his lips and whispered, "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can," but he couldn't because he was too nervous, and Alice understood and smiled because she thought it was cute. She kissed him on the cheek and let him be.  When he was ten he had to recite a speech in front of the whole class. He prepared his notes, approached the podium and took a deeр breath, whispering, "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can," but he was frozen with ...

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