Learning Curve

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I have lived alone for many years, but it was not always that way, and I will always feel the same warm glow I like to think made me a better person for travelling love’s learning curve. Love, of course, comes in all shapes and forms - people, pets, nature, to name but three - all deserving better than to be taken for granted.

Sexuality is a learning curve for all of us, of course. Gay, straight, bisexual or transgender, we all need to show respect for each other's sexual orientation, not least by rejecting what are invariably misguided and (only too often) offensive stereotypes. 

LEARNING CURVE 

I could not believe I am gay;

it went against everything told and taught,

yet catching sight of you every day

urged me to account for tears on my pillow

every night

I tried to refuse you entry

to my dreams with some safer distraction

than an emerging sexuality,

but you would always invade, relish centre

of attraction

One day you suggested a meal

at your house, implying others joining us,

but not long after my arrival

I understood no one else would be coming,

and grew nervous

I wanted to leave, needed to stay,

slowly relaxed, began to unwind, feel free

to let my body have its way

with the heart’s desires, for all its growing

intensity

When you kissed me, I nearly died;

you instantly withdrew, a tableau of dismay,

till my kinder senses rallied

and I finally embraced the sure knowledge

I am gay

Soon after, I told family and friends

we are partners, and you're my dream lover;
some accept us, others can't,
but that's life, and we will see ours through 

together

I could not believe I am gay;

it went against everything told and taught,

yet loving you more each day

is a learning curve, sure to dry any tears 
we share at night

Copyright R. N. Taber 2014