Don't 'hey gurl' me
This poem was written as a response to 'hey gurl hey: that gay misogyny ain't cute' on tumblr page return the gayze. the original post can be found here - http://returnthegayze.tumblr.com/post/55114000901/hey-gurl-hey-that-gay-misogyny-aint-cute
I hope you like it, and please tell me what you think =)
When we were children
We explored many things
From the trees and their leaves
As they blow through the breeze
To our bodies, from the eyes in our heads
To the skin on our knees
Now adulthood is on the brink
Waiting to sink its teeth in us
Bringing up romance, sex
A social dynamic we were
Never trained for
Unprepared for what wait
On the other side of the border
Unaware that your love is wrong
It's when you see the boys
They're all looking for girlfriends
While you look at the boys
Hoping one of THEM can be your girlfriend
When you know you're different
And they're different from you
And won't want that with you
So you cave in and find a girl
You may care for her
But love?
This social pressure leads you
Into her arms, her bed
And between her legs
Finding a space which is open for you
But leaving the space within you empty
That carnal moment knowing
You will never love her that way
You're both ashamed
That you were so open
That you were so stupid
'I trusted him'
'I loved her'
'He doesn't love me'
'Can I trust her?'
'What now?'
'What now?'
We didn't turn gay
Or turn you away
To fit the patriarchs
As these same men
Judge us as less.
Don't 'hey gurl' me
While religions create camps for us
As a way to cure us of 'diseases'
Telling us jesus loves us
But only if we get us a girl
Don't 'hey gurl' me
When Russia says while you're queer
You can't say that you're here
For fear the straight kids will disappear
Due to insane little queers
Don't 'hey gurl' me
While gays are demonised
As perverts breaking the world
Acceptable to rape because it'll cure her
And to kill him because he was gay
On the newspapers they say
His name. His identity.
Our fights are one in the same
As these homophobic voices
Also limit female choices
For no one who has spoken up
Has been listened to
For we don't know better
Than a straight male.
Don't use a caricature
To belittle our fight
Because you feel misogyny
Is promoting a sexuality
That the world has for years
Belittled as demons, perverts
And the mentally insane.
Our fights are hand-in-hand
Not in superior positions
Just because of the loud few
Doesn't mean you can belittle
We the many
Who believe in equality
With no regard of genitals.
So don't 'hey gurl' me
To belittle struggle.
Don't 'hey gurl' me
For something we can't control.