SEXUAL INNOCENTS
A Childhood Secret
Shared By So Many Children -
That Glorius Moment
Of Shared Nakedness...
That Moment Of Wonder...
Trust And Protectivness.
That Light In The Darkness...
When That Someone Else Cared...
That Desire Revealed...
That Was Welcomed And Shared.
That Naked Excitement...
Those Haunted Eyes Following...
That First Touch Electric...
That Cold Sweat And Swallowing...
The Blood Rushing Toward More
Than Your Ghostly Face...
That Feeling Of Fire...
In Another's Embrace.
That Eye Blinking...Glazing...
That Magical Instant...
That Moment You Hardened
In Hands So Persistant.
The Hands Of Another...
That Eyes Closed Hot Breathing...
When You Understood Pleasure...
That Wanting And Needing.
That Night When You Discovered
That What The Preacher Had Been Preaching...
And What The Teacher Had Been Teaching...
And What Your Adult World Had Been Both Dreading And Fearing...
In That Self Realization That All Your Life Had Been Nearing...
Was Immediately Precious And Personal Because...
That Night You Discovered You Were Whatever
That Was.
You Knew Sexual Innocence And Experienced Fear...
On That Night When You Learned What It Means
To Be Queer.
© JULY 29, 1999 By Menes
-FOR-
MY OLDEST COUSIN MICHAEL &
ALL THE OTHERS THAT I MET IN
THE HANGING GARDEN OF MY YOUTH.