A Sequence of Healing Poems

To Be in Love

I could move mountains with my fingers,
Fill the oceans with my tears,
Know all there is to know
And banish all my fears.
I could be a queen with diamonds in my hair
But to be in love, and loved in return:
Nothing can compare.

I Am

I am not flesh and blood.
I am fire and gold
Secrets untold
I am a house without doors
I am more than God bargained for.
I am damage and bruises
Pop music and blues
I have been used, but I hate users
I love men but they all end up abusers.

I am more than a boy in a dress,
I am more than a boy who got hurt and depressed
I am survivor, or victim, and some days
I am both.
Some days, I am death
But others I am hope.

I am fire and gold
Secrets untold
I am burnt love letters
I am love turned cold.
I am a broken heart
With love spilling from the seams
I am a dead boy
With a million dreams.

I am Luke,
I am also Electra In Love.
I am non binary, and gay,
But also blessed by God above.
I am a journey,
My body is my home,
My childhood was taken,
So God told me to grow.

Loving Love

One day,
You will be
The best thing
That happened to somebody.

A Rare Kind of Man

But if you really love me for who I am then here:
Take me by the hand.
And if you hold me and do not to hurt me
Then you are the only kind man.
A rare kind of man,
Gold gushes from the floor
Onto our feet where we stand
And my world is brighter knowing
I can be loved for who I am.

Finding

We drove out of that town
Where the world fell down.
The sunlight, new and blinding:
It’s a new life I’m finding.