Nameless

Nameless, they are nameless. Forgotten. No record to contain. No harbor for their memories. Only whispers remain. No record to contain. They came here with promise of Zion. Where none will hurt or make afraid. They went with open arms and trusting hearts. He will cure us, he will hear our pleas. Rebuild us, remake us. Rebuild us, he will remake, in his image, be as saintly as he. Strip us down, break us. Holy, rebuild us, we will be whole. Solace, give us solace. Purge these lascivious thoughts. Burn them from our flesh, pluck them from our eyes. No more to crave our own. Give us truth eternal. Destroy these lies. Break us down to rebuild. With prayers, holocaust these thoughts. They could be me. I could be them. With aversion and prayers. Eyes wide open. I'll make you as straight as any pure man. They did not find Zion in electroshock. There are lists of names and dates. Boys that do that did the same. They knew that they did not belong. They did find a cure: dead fruits hanging from rafters. Bulging eyes, twisted mouths. I could be them. They could be me. I could be like them. They could be me. From the booklet: In the 1970's,Brigham Young University conducted a secret program of sex aversion therapy.The program was designed to "cure" students of their homosexuality.The school gave them the choice to be expelled or going through the therapy.Part of the therapy was to hook electroshock equipment to the subject's genitals and then to show them homosexual pornography.If they were aroused,they got shocked.When shown heterosexual pornography,they were given chemicals to induce extreme euphoria(there are rumors that the program still exists).None of these people were "cured".Most became asexual.Three people hung themselves.This is their story.Don't accept homophobia as the norm.