Language gave me the word humans
To speak of what we are
The map showed me foreign lands
To show me the near and the far
You showed me the corners of my heart
Where the secrets of me do dwell
Guiding your hands with my eyes closed
And my heart and cock did swell
Human is not just a word
But an idea in the wind
That was quietly born
In our redemption and sin
I’ll stand and face you in the flesh
We’ll find our map through the words
We’ll find the way we know best
To make our passion and fear be heard
By the things we don’t understand
That which we can’t articulate
So my sweet love take my hand
And we will face all the cosmos love or hate
Gene G. McLaughlin 2013