Gay Sex

There’s always been gay sex,

There’s always been men who loved men:

Anyone can have gay sex –

But for some it is a calling.

For some this is an abomination –

For those engaged in it, it’s Enthralling,

Ennobling, Liberating, Divine…

The ‘phobes have had it their way for too long,

Time for the ‘philes to have their time.

The definition homosexual is so limiting it beggars belief,

But those Victorian scientific minds

Didn’t care to find out

What the buggers themselves believed.

They didn’t read Whitman or Wilde,

Nor look at Solomon’s art,

Didn’t believe Edward Carpenter

When he foresaw for gay people a part

In the upliftment of human consciousness

To the highest heights of love.

Instead they labelled us sick

And found a label that would stick – Homosexuality was born –

A trait that can be traced

Back through the history of the human race,

Which process in fact reveals

Much that’s largely concealed:

In fact queers have featured large

In humanity’s greatest hours.

Far from the lowest of the low

Our ancestors have helped humanity grow

In the arts, in wisdom and knowledge,

They were often found in theatres, temples, at college

Also often in the militaryIn deep bonding brotherhood

Queers throughout history

Have often served the greater good.

So may our remaining shackles crumble

And the world see Who We Are:

Nature’s children born with grace

Here to liberate the human race

From a millennium of propaganda

Denigrating women, nature and nature’s men,

It’s time to restore the Goddess to her throne

And life on earth begin again.

This time may the template be love

And not judgement from above

May the divinity of the gay soul be set free

To enlighten the world with creativity.

May the joy of the queer spirit rise

And reveal to us our own disguise.