Af Dan Dudkowsk
They say it’s soft
They say it’s innocent
They say it wouldn’t hurt a fly
They say it’s sexy
They say it’s desirable
Something to be shared
Something to be kept
Away
Something to be let go of
Hide it,
Don’t show it,
Chest forward,
Hips back
But, if we listened to them
Would we even be existing
Hiding, every step of the way
To this purple heaven
And so what
If it can be hell
Sometimes
That is what I choose
That is what chose me
I choose to not run away
I choose to choose.
Just like we all do
We choose to be brave
We choose to leave our houses
Holding hands with the person, the people, we love
Some might spit on us
Some might want to hurt us
And we are not all soft
We are not all innocent
But queer love is real
It’s what keeps me alive
And I refuse
To conform
To what they say
To what they expect
Because that is no way to live
And I want to be alive
I choose to be alive
Every day of my life
And I want to make it count
By being who I am
I am just me
And I am not backing down
I will shout it in their faces
Not for them
Not for me
But for those who need the reassurance
That queer love is strong
And it’s not going anywhere
INFO
I ‘Ode til Queer Kærlighed’ skriver Dan Dudkowsk om, hvad ’de’ siger, ’det’ er – her er ’de’ non-queer personer, og ’det’ er kærlighed. På den ene side beskrives queer kærlighed som noget uskyldigt eller attraktivt, mens det på den anden side er noget, der skal gemmes væk. Dudkowsk mener, at hvis vi lyttede til ’dem’, ville vi ophøre med at eksistere, og det er derfor, vi modigt lever ude af skabet ved offentligt at holde vores elskede i hånden, på trods af det had vi bliver mødt med.
Ved at vælge ikke at være hvad de siger og forventer, at vi er, forbliver vi levende og ægte. Livet betyder noget for os ved, at vi er, dem vi er – ikke for at trodse ’dem’, og ikke for vores egen skyld, men for de af os, som ikke kan være sig selv og leve deres queer liv til fulde.
