Tell me a truth
of burning flames.
Better yet,
Chant me all the truth
Of a holy rosary.
Or would you whisper a truth
Of a head on a silver platter.
Perhaps, you’d like to
Express the truth
Of a dance through the city.
Or act out the truth
In the washing of your hands.
Could you do all that,
Plus destroy a temple or two,
And it be the truth
Of your heart?
I know you say it would
But no bushes burn,
No seas part,
No lepers heal,
No dead rise
When you know nothing
Of your own heart and soul.
I am a retired teacher, enjoying everything that retirement means. In addition, I have been active in the LGBTQ community since I was four years old and marched my Ken doll with all his little Ken accouterments to the big metal trash can in the yard. Yes, I dumped Ken, along with said accouterments, into the can and slammed the lid on. My two Barbie dolls lived happily ever after.
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I remember what it was like after the break up and going from intimacy to surface conversations. That’s the hardest part. This poem strikes at the heart of times like those.
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I remember what it was like after the break up and going from intimacy to surface conversations. That’s the hardest part. This poem strikes at the heart of times like those.
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