So be it

I'll tell you why,
When you exclude,
You imply,
That you dislike,
To try,
And you hate,
So much about me.

For what you hate
Is my faith,
You think that being
A Christian is so simple,
That my life is perfect without any problems.
Tell me, do we not both bleed blood?
Do we not both cry tears?
When my heart beats,
Doesn't it sound like yours?
Life is not easy,
Though God supplies,
And my heart is complete,
I face rejection,
Temptation,
And disgust.

I wish I could know you,
I wish we could be friends,
But your prejudice,
Your dislike and disgust,
Always kill the chance.
You don't know me,
But I wish you could.

I'm not out to judge,
I'm not out to force,
You to believe in God,
But I risk my popularity,
My "status," my friends,
And my very life,
Because I love you.

If it takes my blood,
To love the ones,
that hate me,
So be it.

"Blessed are you when men hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man." (Luke 6:22)