Regular readers will know that I discovered some very early poems
a few years ago; they were in an old exercise book and examples of my
handwriting at its worst! However, all were readable and I have made relatively
few revisions although changed the title of this one several times..
So, yes, here’s another poem from those dark, closet days when I
was just seventeen years-old and gay relationships were a criminal offence here
in the UK.
The likes of Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin exist worldwide (countries
like Uganda and Nigeria immediately spring to mind) where anti-gay legislation
encourages the persecution of gay people for their sexuality alone; any supporters
are a disgrace to his or her office, country, religion, and themselves.
So, yes, what will future generations worldwide think when they
look back at the start of this 21st century, I wonder? Let's face it. Even now, a hundred years on from the outbreak of the First World War, certain snapshots of the world can but make us wonder about the legitimacy of the bigger picture its various political and religious leaders like to convey...
ON EARTH MOTHER'S WATCH
The world is a dark place,
where humanity hides a cruel face,
has neither time nor space
for people like me, yet planet Earth
is so vast a place and its mother
has so kind a face so (surely?) room
for people like me
The world is my enemy
where humanity dead set against me;
fat chance against history
for people like me, yet somewhere
good folk are taking my part
across time and space, giving heart
to people like me
The world’s inhumanity
would persecute us for our sexuality,
cleanse time and space of us
even where a common sun, moon,
(and history) bent on invoking
Earth Mother’s call on time and space
to let us in
No womb nurtures its child in darkness
but for the light of the world to embrace
Copyright R. N. Taber 1963; 2013
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