This is a poem I wrote while Piph and I were on honeymoon. I don't claim that it's a good poem, but I'm trying to be more open about my feelings, so I thought I'd share it. So please bear with me.
THE UNBARRED GATE
Love was held back from me
By a gate I could not see
My hand would bump against it
As I tried to see behind it
They did not want to put it there
It came from their own souls
From the lacking deep within them
From the force of famine's habit
Now as the gate cracks open
I see the sun shine bright
And ache for all the years I spent
Hiding from the light
And although blue skies hurt my eyes
And burn my tender skin
My heart pushes me through the door
That my life might begin