In honor of Pride Month I wanted to share a song I wrote and recorded many years ago. It was my way of responding to the deep, suicidal pain of someone I knew whose sexual orientation was an abomination to their church.
In this time of intensifying attack on those who do not fit conventional gender or sexual orientation norms, may we continue to stand in the truth of Love. May we celebrate the prism of diversity through which the divine Light expresses itself. May we bow to the beauty of every soul.
Beautiful You Are
How can I break through the pain
To tell you how beautiful you are?
How can I vanquish this cruel false god
To tell you the Universe loves you?
Who cast the stones that broke you
With their anger so righteous in their cause so divine?
And what did they say to convince you
That your Being is shameful and your loving a crime?
How can I break through the pain
To tell you how beautiful you are?
How can I vanquish this cruel false god
To tell you the Universe loves you?
Who was this god that they taught you
Who demanded your love, but detested your kind?
And how could they use sacred scriptures
To torture your spirit and torment your mind?
How can I break through the pain
To tell you how beautiful you are?
How can I vanquish this cruel false god
To tell you the Universe loves you?
That you are a diamond, a snowflake, a star,
That you were created to be who you are.
How can I shatter the lies,
To unbind your soul,
To soothe your wounds,
To see you whole?
Music, lyrics, guitar and vocals by Patricia Pearce
How absolutely beautiful and beautifully sang. It so touched my heart.
Thank you, yet again, Patricia, for your precious example of what it is to truly love all as Self and to help us make sense of this unsane world. I sincerely hope that your friend who inspired this song was moved by it and is well.
Blessings in abundance!
Lovely, Patricia.
Beautiful and touching lyrics and melodies.
So beautiful, Patricia. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this.
Love to you.
This is magnificent in every way. Thank you!!!
Magnificent!
Patricia, tears are running down my cheeks as I write this. Thank you for writing, playing, and singing this deeply meaningful song with your incredibly beautiful voice.
Oh Patricia….
What an exquisite poignant song & rendering….. lyrics, melody, instrumental, beautiful singing, beautiful voice! I am touched & transformed…..
Thank you…
Inspiring this is to my deepest soul. May your gifts continue to touch many and help to make us all whole.
Love,
Mary Elizabeth
A loving, poignant message, so beautifully expressed. Thank you, Patricia.
Thank you dear Patricia, this touched my heart…my beautiful son has experienced deep sadness and fear in being gay and asked why did it happen to him, why couldn’t he be ‘normal?’
How beautiful Patricia! Thank you for sharing this song and thank you Jane for your sharing as I too had a gay son who expressed the same feelings as your son. Love to all. Sharon
Dear Patricia,
Such a lovely pure voice you have! Who knew?
I appreciate your tender and compassionate lyrics and the melody you created as you skillfully strummed
your guitar.
Such a healing modality for many.
Bright blessings and love,
Joyce