are habitually unreasoning, you would quickly indulge in one more action of thoughtless harm, thus adding to your experience one more incident that would be painful to remember and burdensome to set aright as you grow in conscience. At very least you would allow your mentality to be filled with senses of resentment and distaste during. those moments when you thought of me at all. . . and I would spare you even those moments, for they would be no joy to you. If you are inclined to meet such issues with some reasoning and are, yourself, striving to order your life along ethical and humane principles, my declaration would bring points to your attention demanding more understanding, perhaps, than you are yet prepared to give and you would be confused and undecided . . . also joyless states of mind which I would spare you. In any case, you alone know the order in which you wish to consider and solve each of the issues of life, and when the issues that my declaration would bring forth are in order for you, you will bring them into your experience by your own choice. Until then, I shall not impose them upon you.

And so, loving you, I shall keep silent watch over the treasures of understanding that are natural to the Negro and the homosexual

and to all else that I am from which you still hold yourself apart. You may believe for awhile yet that you can possibly enjoy separateness or distaste. I shall hold these treasures safe during that time, beyond reach of ridicule and unmindful killing, so they will be pure and worthy for you when you are ready for them. I love you enough to do this even knowing how you will strike out against them and against me at every opportunity along the way, believing that those very treasures are evils. One day you will grow weary of striking out, of struggling to uphold a world of opinions that are weighing down every Mister Average, and you will pause to take your first truly individual lookthrough your own eyes-and you will exclaim in innocent surprise, as simply as a child, "Why, there is goodness in the homosexual. there is goodness in the Negro

.there is goodness in thousands of places where I was taught to expect evil!" At that moment you will be free of a thousand hatreds, great burdens will be lifted away, and the treasure will be yours. That moment may be days or years or lifetimes away, but I love you enough to hold that moment safely bound in my heart for you until you come to it.

And so. . .until then. . .I pass.

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