Monju Bosatsu
In Asia the god of Wisdom is
Monju who brought to Japan
Buddhism and same sex love
Watching the blue blood in my
Vein course its way from my finger
Up my wrist to my arm I think
What wisdom has same sex love
Given me from those who have loved
My mind enough to hold my flesh
Easy enough when I shared youth
The swagger and vim the elan vital
When I married mind and body
Now yet attracted to myself my blood filled
Hand my loins my penis still erect I am
Loved by others for mind alone not flesh
What has a Buddhist deity to offer me
Bodhisattva will you reach out and hold me
As I have come to need or must I relinquish
All Desire even my own love of self
Let go of otherness let go of all the lovers
Who'd have my spirit alone until my breath
Is gone
Apricocks... Be kind and courteous to this gentleman; Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries; The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes, To have my love to bed and to arise; -Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream
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