WARDLEY D I BARRY
keep your heaven
if you will ask for offerings
and won’t buy my scones
keep your jesus
if you will ignore me
and love your own
keep your religion
if it will teach me to
hate on an empty stomach
and if after the mass
you drive home in a Maserati
while i limp to my shack
keep your prayers
keep your spirituality that separates
me from my brother who is gay
keep the songs that lift
you to heaven if your stares
will push my sister away
keep your sermon that scares
me into submission
while you sleep with the deaconess
keep your prophetic gift
it is pushing me back
into the darkness
all i want is humanity
all i want is equality
all i want is a jesus
that says everyone matters