LOVE IS LOVE
I know a man
Who died of love
Who died for love
And who died in love
He was as radiant as the sun
As smart as any con
As swift as any run
Until he was done
Nothing could hold him down
Not even the society’s frown
He was his pride with a crown
The king of Happy Town
His skin was like no other
His body could seduce a fellow brother
His breath, like the air of fresh summer
To beauty, he was no newcomer
But like everyone in this world
He had something to hide
Something he wasn’t proud of
Something he kept inside
This forced his high spirits to shrink
And his feeble mind to think
On depression was he at the brink
In the pool of sadness he was ready to sink.
But then he met a man
A man so young, yet so wise
And just like that, his heart leaped
And it grew in shape and in size
This man showed him true love
And all that it could do
He told him to let himself be free
Like the caged bird that flew
What sweet love grew between the two
And this, they could not hide
Cos life was too short to be otherwise
They grew old together
The two of them
Touching the lives of people
Of people like them
Teaching them to be true to their nature
Despite what the world may say
Cos in the end, life is measured
By your legacy and not with who you lay
Time passed and the lovers passed
Moving on the same way they lived
In each other’s arms
When my wife and kids ask about them
Those two men who were my fathers
And I a son to them
This is what I say to them
‘I know two men
‘Who died of love
‘Who died for love
‘And who died in love.’
Written by Reverend Hot
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24 Comments
Max
August 19, 06:57Beautiful .. Its a good way to start the morning.
papasmurf
August 19, 07:03OMG!!
Beautifully written. Bless your heart Reverend Hot.
papasmurf
August 19, 07:06Y’all should see this movie “THE NORMAL HEART”
Its a story of love and loss in the 1980’s when AIDS was discovered and they were calling it the “GAY CANCER”
Its so touching.
Pink Panther
August 19, 07:22Starring Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer (for which he won a Golden Globe).
Yup. I’ll hopefully be seeing that movie tomorrow. I just loooooove anything and everything that Julia Roberts does.
Colossus
August 19, 07:58Negodu, just Negodu gi. Mother where. tomorrow now na Meryl Streep
Pink Panther
August 19, 08:03Bia Colossus, this is an LGBT community, Ayam free to acquire as many celebrity mummies as I can. Love is Love. 😛
Max
August 19, 08:04Or Genevieve..
**runs away before pinky will come with his bench warming fry pan**
Silver Cat
August 19, 07:14Nice piece.
Kester
August 19, 07:19Oh Rev this is really hot you are good. I am a fan of rhymes and for once in this segment I see what I was taught in school about medieval poetry. Chaucer would have been happy to make your acquaintance.
ken
August 19, 07:37Funny how just yesterday some of us were screaming its all about sex! Smh!!
Max
August 19, 08:06Hoes will be hoes.. Leave them to do their thing..
Lovers will be lovers… They’ll thrive .. Even in the midst of hoes.
Mandy
August 19, 08:07And your point is what exactly, ken?
Tiercel de Claron
August 19, 11:48Use your teeth to count your tongue,my dear.
King
August 19, 08:06It’s all about love…..love is beyond all natural divides and classifications……let’s pursue love and purpose and find fulfillment in our uniqueness!
Max
August 19, 08:38My comment disappeared and reappeared in the wrong place
kacee
August 19, 09:01A lovely poem indeed, Nice one Rev.
Oluwadamilare Okoro
August 19, 09:15… Yes they were in love, which is a great thing … But I am sure they also had sex; lots of it.
*side eyes the sex police*
Pink Panther
August 19, 09:25LOL. Dami, you have come again.
Tiercel de Claron
August 19, 11:54Yes,they did.
With theirselves,no other
Oluwadamilare Okoro
August 19, 22:10Oh puliz. Sex is sex, it’s always gonna be around…. Whether one man or all men… It’s still sex.
Eros
August 19, 10:05I read the first few lines and I thought he was talking about Jesus
Brian Collins
August 19, 16:54I thought i was the only one who knew Jesus here.
Tobby
August 19, 11:52Lovely!.
Diablo
August 19, 13:01Really nice. Real poetry and not just space bars.