Queer Gesture Poem by fera nugroho

 
we ___ sat side by side
on the same bench outside
we___ ate rice and apple from the same table
cooked and baked, laughed and loved. All in fake
i am glad it didn't turn to hate
 
we___ started and finished the day with our own prayers
from Monday to Sunday there was nothing more to say
 
we___ shared the bed we shared the roof
and nothing bad nor good needed to be proved
for you are here miles away from near
 
you delivered a sheer picture of a motherly figure
to your dreary and weary daughter
totally unclear, was that so real?
 
thank God for He is always near
to help me cope with the fear
and to enable me to remove all the barriers
that stand along the way…
to love you and forgive you
though your love is still a queer gesture
from a mother to her daughter
that won't draw us even closer to each other…




@made in poem