community

community

the addled boy upon the corner
looked to the right
looked to the left
looked to the skies
wondered freely, “what am i seeking?”

community

the cautious dude inside his evolution
discovered his sexual parts
discovered his sexual identity
discovered his sexual orientation
wondered robustly, “what am i wanting?”

community

the escaping fellow among the global
traveled toward new education
traveled toward new horizons
traveled toward new shores
wondered inquisitively, “what am i pursuing?”

community

the growing human within his grounding
embraced the spiritual messiah
embraced the spiritual path
embraced the spiritual hope
wondered earnestly, “what am i following?”

community

the fraught entity between his developing
wrestled with the identities
wrestled with the remedies
wrestled with the knowledge
wondered never-ending, “what am i undertaking?”

community

the discharged chap from the burden
accepted the grace of his father above
accepted the grace of his identities within
accepted the grace of his future forward
wondered deeply, “what am i promoting?”

community

the adept boy outside the closet
continues to look to
continues to discover
continues to travel toward
continues to embrace
continues to wrestle with
continues to accept

community

seeks commonality freely
wants affiliation robustly
pursues comradeship inquisitively
follows alliance earnestly
undertakes centralizing never-ending
promotes association deeply

community

kevin r tengesdal

bismarck north dakota

capital pride 2014

interfaith service

august 3 2014