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After
posting this poem in 2010, reader ‘Gerry’ got in touch to say that it inspired
him to propose to his boyfriend. Subsequently, they had a civil partnership last
spring. No such reports lately although
...who knows? It's Valentine's day tomorrow, after all.
Ah, but when you're in love, gay or straight, it's as the song says, every day is Valentine’s Day...
...who knows? It's Valentine's day tomorrow, after all.
Ah, but when you're in love, gay or straight, it's as the song says, every day is Valentine’s Day...
THREE
LITTLE WORDS
Three little words, all I had to
say
but dare not, day after day…
My heart ached each time I tried
so crossed my fingers and lied…
It hurt, each time you looked at me
as if urging I speak, break free…
Yet three little words I could not
say
though loving you more each day…
My soul cried out in bleakest
despair
so I shut my ears, tried not to
hear…
I died when you heaped praise on
me,
the coward in me you could not see…
Three little words, all I had to
say
but dare not, day after day…
There had to be more to life than
this
growing empathy with Judas…
To family, friends, at last I came
true;
no problem, love won through…
Three little words, I’m so proud to
say
day after day, ‘I am gay’
[From: Accomplices To Illusion by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2007]
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