A Prayer of Queer Thanksgiving

Today we continue to celebrate all the goodness of Affirming Sunday with the poem that Brenna Rubio read. Are there words or phrases that stand out to you? Who are family members that you want to/need to thanks or bless?

A Prayer of Queer Thanksgiving by Micah Bucey

“Family.”

I sing praises to this family

That claims me for who I am and gently shoves me into who I can become.

I sing praises to the saints who don’t want to be saints,

To the martyrs and the heroes who ask for none of the notoriety.

I sing praises to the bloodless ties that keep us afloat until the blood ties catch up.

I sing praises to the clouds that cry out, “Families belong together,”

And know that it means so much more than what some want it to mean.

I sing praises to this fleeting moment on the street,

A moment that begins between two nail-polished people,

And then prisms out, extending the rainbow, creating the cloud.

We are twins and we are nothing alike.

We are seeking a tribe and we are extending the tribe.

We have so much to teach and we have so much to learn.

We have eternal praises to sing and we have eternal thanks to give.