Somebody To Love

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Today’s post appears on both blogs as Queen has fans everywhere. The poem takes its title from the hit song first recorded by the rock band on their album A Day at the Races. Written by Freddy Mercury at the piano, "Somebody to Love" is a soul-searching piece that questions God's role in a life without love.

If God is love and a life without love - in all its shapes and forms - is no life at all, where does that leave those of us who don’t believe in a God as expounded by various religions? And who’s to say any religion or religion per se has a monopoly on its understanding of God? Perhaps it is the other way around and Love is God? Who knows…?

I love nature. Perhaps nature is God. Perhaps I am mistaken when I say I don’t believe in God and what I really mean is that I cannot take anything religions have to say literally, preferring a metaphorical take on Holy Books, but… if Love is God…Well, yes, I sure do believe in love.

As for gay love…Love does not discriminate and if God is Love it follows that no God would either so never but never let anyone tell you that gay people in love share anything less beautiful or less godly than their heterosexual counterparts.

What’s that? I’ve said this before? True, nothing new here. Ah, but as my dear, late mother told me once, if something is worth saying it has to be worth repeating.

SOMEBODY TO LOVE

Somebody to love, my life, my dream

wherever I go;

I am the cat that got the cream

(as well you know)

Apollo makes light of our fears

wherever we go,

soul mates swimming the world’s tears

(seas of joy and sorrow)

We’ll rise above all prejudice

wherever we go,

holding hands, pausing for a kiss

(let everyone know)

We’ll prove them all mistaken

wherever we go,

who say gay sex can’t exist but as a sin

(what do they know?)

Waking beside you every day,

wherever we go,

I feel much blessed for being gay

(sunbeam on my pillow)

Passion’s fire will see us right

wherever we go,

blazing a trail through the darkest night

(for others to follow)

Somebody to love, my life, my dream

wherever I go;

I am the cat that got the cream

(as well you know)

Copyright R. N. Taber 197-; 2012