I’ve always been different
It runs through my
Veins like water through
A gorge I’ve always
Known that ever since
I was a child
So being gay seemed
Normal part and parcel
But to so many
Others being gay was
So unusual that they
Hid their uniqueness shied
Away from the others
Until June Pride Month
When the rainbow colors
Fly far and wide
For all the world
To see celebrating not
Just being LGBTQ+ but
Also everyone’s vibrant uniqueness
Finally and at last
He said the words
We’re over we’re done
And now at last
I am free to
Be alone just me
Btw you have no
Idea how being free
Makes me absolutely happy
Freely free makes me
Between now and then
Most things happen then
Wherever now and then
Is whether it’s very close
Or very far all
The things are the
Things that make up
Your life it’s the
Between between now and
Then where you live
The now and end
Are simply the beginning
And the finish of
That part of life
Now ready set go
Laughter is by far
The sexiest expression in
The world far more
Than nudes laughter makes
Me want to kiss
It draws me in
So please keep your
Stares and your dances
And your common obscenities
Fill my heart with
Humor and silliness because
Our world is filled
With too mu seriousness
Tickle me with laughter
I will kiss you
Whomever you happen to
Be wherever you are
It’s the oddest thing
When others could see
Something so evidently marvelous
Yet we were blind
Hooray they all cheered
While we looked around
Wondering what the fuss
Was all about when
In fact it was
Us they were celebrating
How could we not
See that what we
Were was exactly precisely
What the world wanted
Two men in love
Innocently unaware we were
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 