Love Poem: Don'T Shame
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Written by: Lucas Holbrook

Don'T Shame

I want make an old dance new,
Show you how to follow,
Build a romance, 
Pushing the envelope as far as you allow,
We knew we would mambo at first glance,
Going from vertical to horizontal now, 
Starting with a foxtrot lance, 
Ending in a waltz's bow,
Elegant slipping free of our pants,
Leaving fully dressed; saying "wow".

Does society condone our fling?
What malevolence will this bring?
The dogs still bark,
The birds still sing,
Will this leave a mark,
Much like a wedding ring?
Have we raised a monarch?
Fitting ourselves as queen and king?
Or are mischievous beings on our swingers ark?
Leaving no trace of the judgement worth following.

We always say it is only sex,
To some it is more,
For some it wrecks,
Deeming them as a cancerous sore,
Why does their casual and consensual sex,
Bring about prejudices like evil folklore.

These are good people you judge! 
Good people you make cry!
Only because your beliefs won't budge,
Now good people start to die,
Potential poets, scientists, teachers, over your religion's grudge.

Death and hatred so prevalent now; when will it all end?
So many shamed for being different and free; and why? 
All for a society that refuses to bend,
People say they don't see it, they lie. 

I know women who cant find peace, 
Simply because they experienced pleasure,
Friends, foes, family call them a disgrace, 
Yet their pleas for it to all cease, 
Fall on deaf ear.

I love them all,
Not for evil motive,
Or the good samaritans call,
But because a loveless life no one can live.