Deciphering Life
Some try to write their lives askew. Some write
In code. A boy who knows that he is gay
May struggle to be straight. This causes blight
Along the inner walls of hearts. Slight gray
Streaks build inside the ventricles of love,
His love and others. Lesions like these grow
Unless he treats with honesty above
All else such scars. His partners need to know
That he has learned to speak in code if those
Are women. Hieroglyphs inside his heart
Will be decoded fast by men who pose
Like him. These Egyptologists can start
Unlocking life for him if he will let
Them. One may help decipher life’s duet.