PRIDE 2015 #LOVEWINS PRAYER TO ANTINOUS By Flamen Antinoalis Antonius Subia

Antinous

Thank You

For letting me be alive today

Right here, Right now.

Thank You

For coming into my heart when I was small child

And showing me that I was gay,

Despite my protest and confusion.

Thank You

For letting me see and feel the full horror

Of the AIDS crisis when I was a teenage boy

Coming out of the closet into a world where being Gay 

Held the threat of a death sentence.

Thank you

For letting me know a few of the men and boys

Who died before there was treatment.

Thank you

For letting me see what the old gay world was like

Before it was cool to be gay.

For letting me see the transformation take place

And bear witness to the wonderful change.

Thank You

For telling me deep down inside my heart

That there was NOTHING more important than being Gay.

Thank You

For choosing me out of all the better people in the world

To be the first to show you how much I love you.

Thank You 

For all the people I know and love all over the world

Because of you

Thank You

For all the mistakes I have made along the way

Thank You

For all you have taught me about what it means

To be Alive...Right here, Right now

Thank You

For the Dawning of this New Age of Equality and Freedom

Which you always told me was coming!

Thank You 

For Being True to your word!

You Are the Fire that makes me Proud to be GAY!

Thank You

Antinous.

I Love You Antinous

~ANTONIUS SUBIA