Scene 47: Brown Gold and Silver

Lost in a twirl of smokey blue,
drinking in thoughts and visions of you
wasting away in thunders so green,
dragging from fags before the queen

Helpless spiraling in a hazy rose
lines of white between the prose
finding the highs in a full spectrum of light,
withdrawing from fear into the night

Negativity and hostility lead to negative and hostile behaviors.

Self-inflicted or not.

So let's not spread any hate.

I heard some students talking rudely about "fags" earlier today, and how they'd like to "kick the shit out of them". Then they had the audacity to say that they weren't homophobic.

Really, now.

At the very least, you could own up to it.

National Coming Out Day is technically October 11, but for some reason, the LGBTQ Coalition and my school decided to celebrate it yesterday by making festive shirts that said "Coming out as _______" with anything in the blank (a friend, closet romantic novelist, anything).

Apparently people weren't too happy about that. But keep it to yourself, or at the very least, keep it nonviolent.

Some statistics for you to consider (source: http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/suicideteen.html#gay ):

Gay men are six times more likely to commit suicide than straight men, who commit suicide successfully four times more than girls.

Nearly 40% of all homosexuals have attempted or seriously contemplated suicide.

The homosexual population is approximated at 3-6% of the total population.

Yet homosexuals make up 30% of all suicides.

Logically, homosexuals should only take up 3-6% of suicides as well. Yet the actual figure is ten times that.

Enough people die every day. Let's not knock off any more just with a couple of words.

I'm sure you all know the saying, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me".

Bull shit.

Just think, next time, before you talk. That also goes for those active Christian converters. How are you supposed to 'save' their souls if they kill themselves first?

Just think. Then talk.

You just might keep someone from falling completely over the ledge.