Poetry Train…
Whispering…
Whispering words
Against my neck,
You hold me
In the dark.
I leave our bed
In the morning.
Facing a world
That merely tolerates me.
I talk in generalities
About the person I love
Not out of shame
Or guilt.
Simply because I don’t
Want to deal with the
Grimaces and stammers
Or the uncomfortable silences.
I live my life out
In the world
Giving people what
I think they can take
When I step
Through the doors
Of our house
I come alive.
Behind the walls
Of our home,
I love you without
Reservations.
T.A. Chase c. 2008
Whispering words
Against my neck,
You hold me
In the dark.
I leave our bed
In the morning.
Facing a world
That merely tolerates me.
I talk in generalities
About the person I love
Not out of shame
Or guilt.
Simply because I don’t
Want to deal with the
Grimaces and stammers
Or the uncomfortable silences.
I live my life out
In the world
Giving people what
I think they can take
When I step
Through the doors
Of our house
I come alive.
Behind the walls
Of our home,
I love you without
Reservations.
T.A. Chase c. 2008
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8 Responses “Poetry Train…”
TA your poem is beautiful – I hope I’m never one to make someone uncomfortable enough that they feel they can’t talk about their loved one to me – becasue that would make me sad.
Your poem will remind me that sometimes not saying anything isn’t always the best way to go.
That is so sad 🙁
i think many of us can relate to this!! i know i can and i’m basically straight!
T.A.,
Your poem was poignant and honest. It was beautiful. Someday I hope the world can be more accepting of such beauty. Thank you for this.
Camille
Your poem makes me think of this guy that went to the university with me. We meet one day, and the conversation when on kids. We knew he was gay, and every thing he said about kid, was always when the person and I decide to have kid.
I found it sad that you cannot said to the world that you love someone because fearing what they gonna do to you!
Where’s my book?
This is a very poignant, thoughtful piece. People who claim to be “tolerant” and “open-minded” are sometimes really blind when it comes to those concepts. They think because they are not committing hate crimes or speaking the hate speech that they are fully accepting. They don’t realize that their “grimaces and stammers” and “uncomfortable silences” are just as cutting, sometimes even more so because of the hypocrisy.
I hope this is going to be in an upcoming story. Take care and have a great day.
Beautiful, but it makes me a little sad. I think I might cry.
Simply because I don’t
Want to deal with the
Grimaces and stammers
Or the uncomfortable silences.
This is the part that does it too me, but then I get to this part.
When I step
Through the doors
Of our house
I come alive.
Behind the walls
Of our home,
I love you without
Reservations.
And I smile a litte, but I’m still a little sad. 🙂
Have a great day TA.