– The Wings of Words –
I used to run
from the nightmares
of my early life,
deep into the limelight,
a carefree clublife,
kept close in the safety
of a kinship community.
I found my safety
with the popular freaks
who danced freely
in the blacklight glow.
Two decades now behind me,
my life begins to slow,
and I see how much of that time
was a distraction from my truth.
I see now that those
with whom I most identify
have been hiding in plain sight,
living their lives so far away
from those bright light nights.
What I had known in that past
was merely another kind of hurt,
and my truth became lost
in the chaos of that crowd.
My heart is now carried
on the wings of such wonderful words
that I could only ever dream
of speaking aloud.