"Stand on the Side of Love" a poem by Charles Anthony Hood

I am many things beyond my gender.

There is more to me than my skin color.

I have had my share of trials and tribulations.

I endured an abusive home as a child.

My mother had no mercy…

Daily beatings were a norm in my childhood.

I took my ideas of morality from…

Pieced together notions from the Holy Bible and…

The cult in which I was raised.

I believed my cult family had absolute truth.

I was encouraged to hate the world, and…

Love my cult—nothing was taught about self-love.

I treated the other children at school disdainfully,

Because I thought they were abominations unto God.

I hated them because I thought God hated them.

Brainwashed to believe a lie and beaten each day,

Anger festered in my soul like an infection.

I loved no one, not even myself.

After enduring a dysfunctional home life,

I became a dysfunctional man.

I didn’t know myself.

In my family,

Ignorance is normal,

But no one realizes how ignorant they are.

I am not so ignorant, but…

I do suffer from mental illness:

Schizoaffective disorder.

Delusions, hallucinations, depression, and mania—

All of which I have experienced…

And for which I have been hospitalized many times.

My mind has not always been under control:

Controlling it now are two little white pills a day,

And the shadows from skeletons in the closet.

A question many people want to know about…

What is my stance on racism having been raised a southern, white man?

Hating someone because of their skin color is wrong.

Hating someone because of their sexual orientation,

Religious experience, disability, gender identity, Age,

Parental status, national origin, etc. is wrong.

Hating other human beings for not being like you…

Is wrong—we’re all living our God-given lives.

What would a perfect life look like anyway?

Nobody knows, because…

There are no perfect lives,

Only imperfect examples of humanity.

I stand on the side of Love.

Despite weaknesses, humanity is capable of great things.

Keep reaching for the stars!

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