“IF YOU’VE GOT SOME ACCUMULATED TRAUMA AND YOU’RE PROCESSING YOUR EMOTIONS AND HISTORY AND YOU’RE RECONGILING YOUR SADNESS WITH YOUR OUTLOOK BE GAY, DO RHYMES WRITE SOME POETRY SING SOME SONGS CRY YOUR TEARS AND QUELL YOUR FEARS WITH THE CREATIVE FOCUS YOU CALIBRATE AND SWELL LET YOUR HEART BEAT TRULY AND LET YOUR THOUGHTS BE UNRULY MAY YOUR TROUBLES PASS AND YOUR HEART SETTLE FOR LOVE FOUND IN MOMENTS OF CREATION” Be Gay, Do Rhymes by Paul F Donnelly #begaydorhymes #poetryth

“You talk about how you wish to be taken apart by me Soft hands turn skin red and pant you beautiful hughes of blues To make you mine and do as I wish You communicate it as unaware of what power you hold over my hands and teeth To bite you would make me but a dog Untrained Broken and in need of restraint Did you mother not teach you not to feed strays as they will come back expecting more You give me access to flesh like I am not starved of it But like most mutts I don’t know

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