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G-A-Y, Evolution of Shadow Into Substance

Copyright R. N. Taber 2016

My world, it was a shadowy place,
closet with the door barely ajar,
a galaxy where neither sun, moon
nor stars had the stomach to come out
and shine

I ate, drank and breathed shadows,
body and mind all but crushed
by temporal divisions, pulling me
this way and that, yet underestimating
the spirit

All but dead, it stirred, a rebel spirit
now toeing at the closet door,
now kicking it wide open, the better
to enjoy all the womb-like nourishment
of aspiration

My world, it was filled with the light
of an imagination nurturing hope,
addressing vibrant stirrings of new life
metamorphosing self-pity into barefaced
willpower

Sun, moon, and stars now shine on me
as on anyone once bound to Earth
by its umbilical cord, cut according
to its nature by any blade to hand, witness
blood stains

Now, my only darkness, that of sleep,
no fear that my sexuality demand
I (ever) make apology for its being gay
as I wake to your steady breathing, sweeter
than birdsong

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