7 Deadly Sins

Azrael Wilson

Homosexuality. The attraction to the same sex. Something so extraordinary yet, so normal. Something that people go to jail for - for being themselves and loving the wrong person.

But how can we control who we fall in love with?

Every parent's biggest fear.

What if their child is born unique?

What if it's not similar to the other kids?

How will they be able to love a kid with such a sickness?

They will try to cure it, right?

But is there a cure?

A cure for such a big sin?

Is it a sin at all?

Can loving someone ever be a sin?

Parents should love their children from the start till the very end. Then, why are they being hesitant to love their own creation? Parents should cherish their children with no distinctions.

What am I supposed to do when I am attracted to a man and not a woman - just like I ought to?

Yeah, ought. Because normal people cannot tolerate people like me. I am the different one - the aberrant. They cannot accept the fact that I am a human too. That blood also runs in my veins.

In their eyes, I'm sick. I'm sick for loving someone with the same sex as me. I'm sick because I'm not like them. Because I cannot be like them. Normal.

But you know what is normal in my eyes?

Tolerance. Acceptance. Freedom.

Yeah, that's normal.

Being able to love and accept each person and not putting boundaries in love. Because love is endless and it's everywhere. Even in the worst places where you think there is no love - just hate. Even there; love exists.

You just have to be a little bit more careful and not look with the eyes you have on your face. These eyes can distinguish only the surface.

But the eyes you were gifted - the eyes in your heart, can see clearer.

These eyes can only get blind when you don't know how to use them. These eyes that are so beneficial, yet so difficult to utilize. These eyes that have no color but they see each shade of every complexion. See every person and recognize them as human beings despite their sexual orientation - their race - their gender - their differences. These eyes are called 'The eyes of the heart'.

Do you know why?

Because they can perceive only the heart of the other person. Only this; matters, everything else is just invisible and useless.

Beauty, love, normality; are well hidden in the dark corners of our hearts. Only if you look closely and intently, you will be able to find them. With determination and the will to tolerate each dissimilarity, you can figure out what 'The eyes of the heart' is.

I could never forget that day. The day I found out that I am gay, nine years ago. I was thirteen. Too young and too naïve to realize the truth sooner.

One day while roaming around the corridors of my school, the popular girl came up to me and confessed her feelings to me. I didn't feel the butterflies on my tummy as I should have. The girl was for sure pretty but nothing really attracted me towards her. I rejected her. I still remember the tears that were glistening in her eyes.

The exact same time, a male student passed by us with his head down low and the feeling came back once again. The same feeling that was possessing my chest the last five months.