To Hate Poem by Randy McClave

Do you hate me because I am gay
Even though in GOD I believe, and to him I pray,
He created me to be the way that I am
He is my shepherd, and I am his lamb,
I am happy and I care, so, there is no more for me to say.

Do you hate me because of the color of my skin
Does it make me evil and also tempted into sin,
Remember GOD placed my soul inside this vessel
I am sorry with my looks and with GOD'S plans, you must wrestle,
I wish and I pray just or one day, you were my twin.

Do you hate me because of my personal belief
Does it cause you any anger, hatred or grief,
And like you I also believe never to lie, cheat or steal
And the same sorrow and sadness someday we both will feel,
So, please don't treat me as an enemy or as a thief.

Do you hate me because of my GOD
Doesn't yours and mine carry the very same rod,
Don't we both worship and pray for guidance and strength
And for our GOD, wont we go to the maximum length,
Tell me! Do you believe my religion and not yours is a fraud?

Do you hate me because of my gender
Do you believe that the female is weak and must always surrender,
Or do you believe that the male is stupid and nothing more
And all that he seeks is a conquest, and power and war,
Remember, we both can be a fighter and a defender.

Do you hate me because of my income
Or maybe you hate me because you are smart and I am dumb,
What else could your reasoning or your thoughts be
As that I contemplate, why else could you hate me?
Or maybe your hypothesis is simple, I drink water and you drink rum.

Maybe you hate me because you enjoy to hate
Maybe you don't care for me or anyone or even your own fate,
Do you only exist just to argue and to intimidate and to fight
Do you even know the difference between wrong and right,
You are learned, I guess; but you won't be my temptation and I won't be your bait.

I will not hate anyone just because I can
No matter of their color or their religion or whether they are a woman or a man,
If they are happy and content in peace they should happily live
And if anyone hates them? I would say may GOD forgive,
Now think! Aren't we all joined together in a very short lifespan.

Randy L. McClave