Rock-n-roll princess, Melissa Etheridge, is my favorite music artist. I don't put people on pedestals but I'd build her one. She's out, proud and loud. I didn't start to write down all my feelings until I listened to her music. It was the 90's and a radio dj said she came out at some political event. That got my interest, and so I was all ears when her song "Like the Way I Do" was played. Wow! (Is it so hard to satisfy your senses? You found out to love me, you have to climb some fences.) I could totally identify with those words. That is a powerful song lyrically, vocally and musically. It rocked. It still rocks. Then VH1 showcased her and I couldn't get enough. I was taping her whenever I knew she would be on -- shhhh!So I began to write about my life and I could easily remember how I was feeling way back to when I was a kid. Not every poem I write is about my life but what I imagine and see around me. I'm still surprised at some of the stuff that comes out of me. It might be one or two lines in a poem that make me pause and think back to how it was generated. Listening to Melissa E got me to open up more and write down my feelings and thoughts. Now I have a blog and have put a lot of my writings on here. After reading several post from girls/women who have trouble with faith, have parents who are not accepting, or just feel isolated because they don't know any lesbians where they live, I hope each who visit SPT will connect with one of my poems and feel better.
When I first started to write I would wonder what was the point of writing this stuff down. It was in my head and no one else was going to read it. And from that thought came the lines: so you ask -- why tell -- it's over and done -- if you spit on dirt -- it only makes mud -- because i want it out of my head -- so it can be buried without dread (from The Twins). Some poems just flowed so easily while some had to be put aside and finished later.
So SPT readers, whatever you are feeling and thinking and dealing with because of your sexuality, just know that you are not the only one. HA! Okay, see how Melissa just slips in? Anyway, the characters I write about are women that I always wanted to see on tv and read about when I was younger -- lesbians with full lives -- family, friends and lovers. I've read paperback books and web-stories that have women happily married to men or have boyfriends but cheat with a female friend/neighbor/co-worker out of curiousity or boredom. I want to write about women who love women and have passionate sex and make love to each other without a man in
the middle. So I write for myself and get to share on this blog. I hope that I'm stimulating some women and not just their brains. HA! I can't help it, I'm single and think about women maybe getting a little heated from something I've written.HA! What can I say, I like women.
TO Melissa E: Thanks for the music and the inspiration. -S-
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