Outsider

You call me
Untouchable  ,
But see me,
For I am
A person.

You turn away
From me;
But stop and look
And listen
For you will find
That I am
Much like you.

I was
An outsider.
No one
Would accept me
Or treat me
As a human.
But now
Jesus has come
And I am now
No longer
An outsider.

Accepted!
Dear lord,
Accepted!
I have been made
Part of the family
And have been told
That I am loved!
Accepted!