As a boy I yearned
to sing
and dance
and make love.
Grownups said,
“Be silent,
be still,
be chaste.”
So I
squelched my song,
fought my body,
hid my passion.
Now a man I yearn
to sing
and dance
and make love.
As A Boy
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As a boy I yearned
to sing
and dance
and make love.
Grownups said,
“Be silent,
be still,
be chaste.”
So I
squelched my song,
fought my body,
hid my passion.
Now a man I yearn
to sing
and dance
and make love.
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