LGBTQ+ Poem: Where love was shunned, its joyous freedoms checked, by John Evans

Where love was shunned, its joyous freedoms checked,
this wondrous hope, those vista’s new, I sought
where prison head, its solace lost, lays wrecked.

To sieze my truth, out, queer, glitter bedecked.
This love’s sweet bliss, too cheap, I dearly bought,
where love was shunned, its joyous freedoms checked.

To understand, to rummage, dig, dissect
this ecstasy, within its trap, thus caught,
where prison head, its solace lost, lays wrecked.

To fend off lonely, broken self-respect,
the spirit lost, its sinews tense; strung taught,
where love was shunned, its joyous freedoms checked.

To seek out peace, to find, to not neglect,
This damaged soul, love’s truth amounting nought,
Where prison head, its solace lost, lays wrecked.

To find love’s joy, fill empty life, respect
this safe abode, our costly peace, hard bought,
where love was shunned, its joyous freedoms checked,
where prison head, its solace lost, lay wrecked.