The Way I Am Should Be Okay

I listened to the lyrics of a new song that struck me strange.

The chorus kept repeating, "I can not change."

The lyrics spoke of being lesbian or gay

And being accepted rather than judged some day.

It's the "I can not change even if I want to" line

That weighed heavily in the recesses of my mind.

Why should I need to feel that my life must rearrange 

Just because being true to myself to some may seem strange.

Who has the right to judge my life style choice

When as a consenting adult, I choose love to voice.

No one is being hurt by my being true to me,

So, why should I apologize for the real, honest person you see.

I do believe that understanding will one day be the bridge to acceptance,

And equality for all will become reality rather than mere spoken sentence.

We're all just basically looking for love.

We may have differing ways of finding it, but when we do, we all seem to agree that it is one of the greatest gifts from above.

So, love, and let love.

©Sheryl A. Skutelsky, 2013. All rights reserved

With You in My Life

I dream of making time stand still
Just before we fall asleep
Each other’s arms we fill
It is a feeling that I want to keep.

Like two fitting puzzle pieces
Or two spoons together in a draw
My heart is never empty
It’s you that I adore.

As I begin to melt
And become a part of you
For all the fibers of my being
You become the glue.

I can feel the world disappearing
In the serenity of this time
All my fears are now clearing
The beauty of the moment is sublime.

With such love am I blessed
It is the ultimate cure
This much I have confessed
With you in my life I can never be poor.


© 2010 Sheryl Skutelsky. All rights reserved.

The World's a Shrinking Place

Ignorance causes fear
Of those far and near.
Today we just hit start
The Internet can make us smart.

We can be any place
Learn about and connect with any race.
Share customs and ideas
Discuss concerns, joys and cares.

It's those tortured and underfed
Held isolated, uneducated, and bled
That can easily be taught to hate
When evil dictators hold their fate.

Intermarriage, interfaith
Multiracial ... the world's a shrinking place.
Understanding, caring, empathy
See how close we can really be.

But how do we stamp out hate
Throuhout our shrinking world
If we can't even love our neighbor
Because we've learned judgment as a basic behavior.

Rather than judge
Set your mind and not budge
Imagine children taught to smile
With acceptance for each individual's style.

Black, white, yellow, mixed
Straight, gay, cross dresser, fixed
Rich, poor, white collar, blue
Everyone has tribulations to go through.

Intermarriage, interfaith
Multiracial ... the world's a shrinking place.
But with understanding, caring, empathy
We can see how close we can really be.

© Sheryl A. Skutelsky, 2012. All rights reserved.