Young Queen Dies

[MichaelFirewalker]

he cries in bleak continuum
with present-future-past

brittle lightning cracks
muddy oceans open

a dying teen aged boy asks
if the reason God comes

to his bed so often today
is to bring him his old toys

no one else would
he holds them and they feel so good

weeks ago his family left him
they turned away in gay relief

their only fears had been about
how they would finally lay him out

this was alleviated by the mortician
who reassured them in his presence

that his kaposi’s sarcoma lesions
wouldn’t be seen in a closed coffin

the boy weeps his death alone in
time with birth pangs of the Earth

and healing music for the spheres
rises to its rest in galaxies of God’s tears

[antman]

This is sad as death can be especially
when it's someone young as your piece
illustrates. I like the way you sum this up
in such a heavenly fashion which provides
a healing for all who read this bereaved
picture.

peace,
anthony

[MichaelFirewalker]

you are right, Anthony----the poem is about two things, human blindness to the suffering of others, which is nearly always because of fear and ignorance, and human disease, in its myriad manifestations, all of which are healed, either directly or indirectly, through the power of compassion...

thank you, my brother,
michael

[Jonathan Morey Weiss-Namaste47]

Yes this is sad.........I was touched by God bringing toys......reverting back to the carefree days of early age.
I know this poem must have resonated very strongly with you, Michael........esp S6.
Tenderly composed.

[MichaelFirewalker]

Jon----you are right, of course----only recently have I begun to understand how very different a transgendered woman is from other human beings----hir whole perception of reality, both hir perception of hirself and the universe surrounding hir, and also hir entire life-response system, is different from that of the straight folks, and even that of the other gay folks----most, but not all, of those people consistently refuse/fail to understand hir differences, and simply resent hir for them, and are continually affronted by them...

this young boy never had the chance of a snowball in hell to find himself----ignorance saw to that, ignorance brought about by the fear and hatred of, and rejection by, his family, who threw him out of their home and into an environment which he was in no way prepared to handle, one where he simply could not survive...

you are such a rare love, my friend,
michael