Mardi by J.Planet
Growing Up Weird
God bless Bowie
He taught me
Joy in weirdness.
Before then,
I thought
I was one of God’s
Lesser beings.
How could I NOT
Fit into my little
suburban
Okay, so I was raped
From the time I was 4
Until the time I was
13,
And I was raised
Catholic,
Which meant that I
could never
Use the Virgin Mary
As my role model.
All I had was the
Magdalene.
God bless the
Gnostics
For saving so much
Of her significance
to Christ
In their literature.
Still, when I was 15,
I was an insane
Hormonal teenager
Afraid of everyone,
Especially myself.
I also thank God
I saw the 60s
Through the idealism
Of childhood,
Even one poisoned
As it was
By violence and
abuse.
Between Gospel and
Hippies,
I was shown a light
That brought me what
insight
I have today.
David Bowie taught me
The art of
performance.
From there on,
I was ready for
anything.
