The singer once said
that love would have to be spoken
in a song
love I can speak
I can sing
I can give
and feel in every language
but the enmity --
that is the unspeakable
and unspoken
for the judgment
that comes without
understanding:
of my identity
of my personality
even of words
until the basic sting of my nature
brings itself
front and center
so those natural
enemies
cannot survive it