This week was about writing the poems, doing the miles and not allowing an injury to overtake everything. It didn’t help I finally succumbed to the cold both my kids have been labouring with on Thursday, but as I’m already on the way to recovery, it’s no biggie. Plus, I’ve done more work in the last week on both bike and legs because left arm is not happy changing gears. Sometimes, it isn’t the issues that you have to deal with that matter, but how you view them as either positives or negatives.
Here are 20 lines based on the Beatles’ song “She’s Leaving Home” with a vital sex change.
Not Any More
The bags are packed, by old front door
An early morning chance to run;
He’s just not taking any more
Escaping from this life’s begun.
Old Beatles song plays in his head
With sexuality transposed:
Main reason why he makes the break
To live in freedom, unopposed.
Family cannot understand
Supposed to be their loving son,
Attempt to tether him with fear
Their line is drawn, arguments done.
A bright new day shines on the path
Direction now he walks alone;
Away from prejudice and spite
Only existence ever known.
To be a lover and a friend,
As partner waits to start anew:
From anger, hatred two men forge
Beginning, brilliant and true.
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