28 February 2018

#28 - Heretic


After Her Kind by Anne Sexton


When I was born I came out upside-down,
head first into the chaos with a grin,
no knocking on the doors to let me in,
just breezing through existence like a clown.
Each person has the power to astound,
a glorious mélange of heart and skin,
so very different, yet so much a twin 
I love you, like you, still want you around.
For I have drunk the dark wine and the light,
swum naked before dawn in crystal pools,
crept quietly down corridors of night,
then foraged through the trash for shining jewels.
Hence I will laugh and sing and hold you tight,
and never, ever, submit to their rules.



RJT



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