Coming Out – The Journey
This is the “depository” of all my blog entries and poetry that either led me through, to, or beyond the decision to “come out”, and continues to chronicle thought and feelings about this incredible journey.
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the poet’s irony
I try to write of love ~ but words ne’er flow
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Needful Things
we tell our kids – needs come first ~ but want calls oh so loudly
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fire and ice
spark to flame / kindled calefacation / solid ice to slogging slush.
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countdown
lift-off? or mission aborted?
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armored
That suit gets heavy, you know.
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Sleeper, Awake.
I am currently calling us “Awake Ben” and “Sleeping Ben”, which (because I’m so clever, you know) works on a number of levels, both literally and figuratively.
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defying atrophy
look back at writings / thoughts of yore / and wonder where my / mind went.
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should be sleeping
though I really should be sleeping ~ leaking mind just keeps on seeping
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poison ivy
stepping in the poison ivy / i only felt the cool of green / it wasn’t ’til much later / that I felt its bite – so mean.
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wonderland
a nice place to visit…
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The Rainbow Sonnets – IV, V, & VI
Then Clarity arrived at once, so Fast / Paint with the Rainbow, Life will come at last.
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gravity
physics’ laws apply / beyond the world / of weight and mass
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Sonnet III – What Was and Ne’er Will Be
the door before me bids me walk on through, but pieces – grief and anger – won’t allow.
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Wayfarer
Wayfaring sounds romantic, but wander too long, you may get lost.
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Tattoo
a change on the inside / made outside / more tellable
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Epicenter-2007
It didn’t start there, and it would not end there, but I now recognize the events of that day as my life’s epicenter.
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the key
sometimes what lies behind portals with padlocks will scare you so much that you think you will die…
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I kept (it) to myself
I kept (it) to myself / oh, so long – for far too long…
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June 30
and now July can come to me / my soul no more disjoint, it’s free
