they say we're crazy
they say
I could never do that
well, no shit
that's probably why you're not doing it.
"It"
being
multiplicity in love.
the only word that's important in that phrase
is
love.
I asked myself,
who am I to say what love is for her?
so,
I ask you,
who are you to say what love is for me?
you think you know, yeah?
you think love is defined in pairs
just like the bible tells you so
you think marriage is defined in
man
and
woman.
whoa, man
let's back this train up
cause I got a problem with this whole
one man
and
one woman
idea
cause women
sigh
women are it, yo.
I am a woman who loves women - lesbian
say it with me now...
lesbian
lez
be
in
let's be in - telligent
let's be in - quisitive
let's be en - raged
let's be in - volved
lezzz be in love
love
it always comes back down to love
or
up
to love
up to me
who
I love
how
I love
but no,
you want to judge me by how
YOU
love
cuz I guess you got it all figured out, right?
Right?
Tell me what's so wrong with MY love then
tell me the world's going to end because of the way I love
oh wait,
the world is already a pretty fucked up place with your kind of love
so
don't thump your bible at me
use it as a doorstop to your closet
and come on out.
you've been hiding in there for far too long
isn't it dark?
isn't it lonely?
isolation of the heart
equals
cardiovascular disease
your heart is wearing itself out looking for expression
and you're feeling around for the light switch
for the door knob
with one hand clutching the bible
and the other hand covering your eyes
in an already dark place.
I could never do that?
say that after thought
after consideration
after you've felt the sunshine hitting your face
beyond the threshold of that closet door.
love is not an idea
love is not a destination
love is not an ultimatum
"love only me, or else?"
or else, what?
or else you might feel pain
or else you might feel jealousy
or else you might
feel
you
you
you
you and your search for zero pain and total happiness
you and your illusions of perfection
the air in your closet must be thinning
cause you're the crazy ones
not me
not my girlfriend
not my girlfriends girlfriend
not Us
no, we're breathin' fine
deep breath
just fine.
October 21, 2005