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February 1, 2013
Right Hand, Left Hand is a simple metaphor from ~mtroubadour
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I wish
being a lesbian were like
being left-handed.

Whenever someone notices
you writing a cheque
or doodling
or opening a door
And they exclaim:
"You're left-handed?"
I wish it were as simple as that.

When it's funny
and I laugh, panicking.
Such stuff punchlines are made on,
that such a casual,
integral,
part of myself
has the spotlight shone on it,
And revealed (they think)
their own ignorance,
(How wonderful it is to enlighten someone
by being.)

And yet I never hear the questions
that logically spring to mind:
"Won't you have trouble with the gearshift
on a car?"
"How do you use scissors?"
"Can you even write
with your right hand?"

I wish all comparisons
and metaphors
were true.
Also posted at my LJ (now inactive).

(1/2/2013) Hey everyone! Thank you so much for the Daily Deviation. I wrote this several years ago, when I thought coming out was the greatest, most world-changing thing I could do for myself. Now I know that coming out of the closet isn't the end of a journey; it's not absolute. At the time I wrote this, I was out to my close friends, and a couple of classes and teachers at my high school.

Being "in the closet" is not a sign of cowardice. And if you are in an LGBTQ community or have LGBTQ friends who are out, you don't have to come out until you feel safe. You don't owe the homophobes of the world anything. Come out on your own terms, the way you want to!
© 2009 - 2024 mtroubadour
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hopeburnsblue's avatar
What an interesting thought!