I will still love you

Dove among a fleet of crows

Black rose among a field of lilies

Black sheep among a herd of white fleeced sheep

A walking dead man...

Yet you ignored the stench that reeks from my graveyard linen

I sought for comfort among the gloomy shade

Saw colour in its absence

Yet you looked beyond my invisible world

Over the invisible walls that surround me

And saw colour in what I was...a black angel

So though they see failure in whom you are

I will see someone victorious...one who won my heart

Though they see no hope in your words

I will see a light at the end of the tunnel

Though they treat you with resentment

I will show them a friend closer than a brother

Though they accuse you and shame you

I will be there to count one by one as they leave without casting a single stone

Though they cursed at you for walking in the path of the “un righteous”

I will be there to show them that every sinner is a potential saint

Though they won’t believe a single word I have typed here tonight

I will be there smiling knowing that someone believed in me

And saw a friend

Judged me not by name, colour or looks

Or the sweetness of the words I spoke

But for the true treasure that lay inside a black heart

A treasure so bright now that heart is as white as snow

That treasure you helped me see...

Through every deed and every word

Every day and every comment

You helped me see angels that cared to touch a cold heart

You helped me understand what love really is

That true love does exist

And I will still love you

No matter the odds