If you have not seen it with your own eyes
and felt it with your own heart
you will never understand it.
If you have not been open to loving someone
beyond where your differences cross
you will never understand it.
If you have not felt the pure essence of love
expressed through lives that bless others
you will not understand it.
If you have not cried at their losses
felt their pain and tasted their tears
you will not understand it.
But, if you have been privileged to be blessed
with their friendship, glimpsed the gentle strength
born of conviction in the face of trial
it will become for you
An exquisite love - no longer misunderstood.
Author notes
Option 3: Tribute to the movie and the topic, the photo that goes with the original version only shows when I have my Silver Membership paid, it's very relevant to both.
A contest entry
- Picture Prompt – ADULTS ONLY!! – Pre Writes Welcome by Tristan Storm.
650 points, ended November 16, 2007, 17 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Poets or Friends of them by SilverRain.
600 points, ended November 19, 2007, 10 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - GLBTIQ options! by butchbec.
660 points, ended December 7, 2007, 6 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Have some clappies!
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thanks, only catch the comments from time to time when I come back to re-read
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I love this poem it is brillent!!!!!!
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...I was surprise when I saw the picture but as I read the poem, for me it's really nice! oftentimes people just judge things only with eyes and without using their heart....somehow now i understand things! thanks, this is really great...
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I found you through a comment you left on my contest page and all I have to say is thank you. Thank you for putting on paper what others are afraid to see. For expressing what others are to prejudice to understand. Thank you for caring enough to express equality through knowledge. Your words are an inspiration that people can truly be who they are without all the hate and bad energy. Compassion and humanity!
Ready to take a field trip, have a blast from the past moment or something new?? See you there! LOL
Namaste'
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Oh my. This was beautifully written. I got goosebumps reading it. The flow is nice and smooth, and it's very vivid in the message it conveys. I love it
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Wow this is a stunningly beautiful write. It was so much more than just a same sex relationship, it could be applied to different all predjudices, like black and white dating etc. Really beautiful!
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thank you for your comment....
I totally agree with applying it across any lines of discrimination.
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Great write.
I love the pic to start with. Good choice for this poem. I love how you express the emotion of what same sex relationships are truly like. The flow of the poem is just awesome. Thank you for sharing this with the world. Good luck in the contest! -
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agreed, the pic is great...
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Wonderful write to break down the barriers and shatter all prejudices and misconceptions surrounding same sex relationships. Well done and congrats on the awards for this piece, so thoroughly deserved.
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thank you for your comments...
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Excellent
wonderful write, you have addressed so much of the anguish that is shared in our community, and the use of repetition works really well here, and i wish you all the best!
well done,and thankyou,
Bec
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Thanks for the Silver...
Perhaps someday I will be able to do more (with my writing on the subject).
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Congratulations on the gold win. You face controversial issues with poetic balance and love. Nice job. I am hetro, but all my life the gentle intelligent aspect of friends seems to multiply and become so much more richer when the person is avowed gay. I wish the judgmental world would take the cue..
michael
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I have tasted their tears...
I appreciate your comments, thanks. Patsy
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Thank you for your entry into my contest
- Picture Prompt – ADULTS ONLY!! -
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This is a great write, and more to the point of what I wanted to say with my prompt and contest. This was very well done!
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Good Luck and I hope to read a lot more of your work soon.
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I cannot tell you how meaningful this is for me...
thanks so much for the Gold.
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I really loved this one. So nicely done. Good luck in the contest.
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thanks...
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I love the pic, so sexy
! LOL! I really loved the poem by the way, I am glad I got to read it lol if not I know now what I was missing out on so great write!
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Hey there he cant comment on this poem he asked me to ask you to remove the adult filter on it so he can thank you very much . This is a good poem by the way
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Ok, I removed it...
and thanks for the flower
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WOnderful poem and thanks for the comment on mine Keep up the great writes this is really good work here
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thanks, it was inspired by a special friend
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Well, now ...
This is a great poem. The photo is great too. Love is not restricted by artificial differences, as you've so succinctly pointed out here. Hard to see how you could have improved on this poem.
Do you write sonnets? We're always looking for people who can write good sonnets.
Anyway, kudos on a great poem and, obviously, a great heart as well.
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It is easy to write well on something dear to my heart...
I have tried sonnets, got the rhyme down, need to work on the syllables. Thanks for your comments, I especially appreciate comments on my heart pieces
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I sent the link for this ...
to a number of people, and they say the link doesn't work. Why do you suppose that is? Is it because this is an "adult" rated poem? (Not that it needs to be since there's nothing past PG-13 here anyway.)
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