Above the Queer Clouds - 2. The Queerness of I

I see the pathos and the hope in this prose. It builds up through images we all see clearly, the darkness of not being accepted and the light when we are. The euphoria of being treated as equal, the sadness when equality is shifted and negated. There is more of a positive feel to this piece and we can see this by the words used: boundless ambience, flickering illumination, omniscient star, universal liaison, transcendental expression,lucent beams. Vivid images comparing what the the Queer I is perceived to be. One line makes the impact: morbidly thorned.... This impact is felt powerfully because it pricks at the "I" conscience where there is a battle for good and evil, the queer I will always be centre stage. The center of attraction. The "I". How much better will this world be if the the "i" can co exist with the morbidly thorned. But if this were to happen then there wiould be nothing thorny or painful, and certainly nothing to write about, because all fiction, and in s sense, all life is based on conflict.

A powerful house of prose, when one pairs the parts of it to a cry for acceptance in a cruel world in an undiscriminating universe. Nature itself cannot discriminate, only humankind....

The imagery in this poem is painfully haunting -- and it so accurately reflects the emotions I experienced growing up as a teen, it's exhausting! I read it three times! It's beautifully constructed, and I enjoyed reading it -- but now you've given me some things to think about, and it may be a while before I can read it again!