Sylvia Daly has kindly given us permission to share this poem. You know how coming out is often a challenge, always a relief? It's all the more so in later life.
No Ordinary People
I tried for many years to fit the
mould,
in dress and thought, in action to
conform.
Coerced my mind to
function, not
be bold,
be good, obey, blend in, not cause a
storm.
The effort was consuming, sapped
my will,
to squash emotions roaring
through my heart.
But thankfully I failed to make the
kill,
I took the chance to make another
start,
from soulless clone
to
technicoloured star.
The energy, zest for life was heady,
my soul felt it was rescued from
afar
to face the world, live life, I was
ready.
Don’t settle for grey lives you
live in fear.
Break out, and be
extraordinary queer.
Sylvia Daly
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