Our
parents may well want the best things in life for us, but when it comes to sexual
identity, relatively few have a clue. It is down to us to show them where their
perspective on the whole gay ethic is sadly flawed.
Society may
well see itself as our mentor, and its schools the tools of this mentorship,
but there are times when the student needs to educate the teacher and the
teacher needs to shut up long enough to listen...
GAY STUFF
You can’t live your life being gay,
my parents said to me;
they meant well, could but struggle
with my sexuality;
What will people think, say, even
do,
my parents said to me,
it might ruin my career prospects,
couldn’t I see?
Besides, what will the neighbours
say
or the rest of the family?
Shake off this gay stuff and get
real,
stick with normality;
Ah, but this ‘gay stuff’ is a part
of me,
who I am and proud to be;
I stood my ground, pleaded the case
for an honest equality
Not everyone took my part, I must
say
but folks who matter to me
(and to whom I matter too) agreed
we are all born free;
free to live our lives as best we
can,
to ourselves and others true,
and if ’gay stuff’ a part of who we
are,
it deserves love’s blessing too
[From: On The Battlefields Of Love by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2010]
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