Tempting to ask
what were you thinking
out there on the open road
without a helmet
but everyone already knows
the answer to questions like that
and if we who ask
want the correct answer
instead of the right answer
it might be a good idea
to rewind the tape
and watch your life in reverse
and it does no good now
for your family to tell you how sorry they are
that they didn’t let you live in peace
with the one you loved
because they didn’t understand
that love could transcend gender
or that love could stretch and bend
only so far before it turned into
something reckless
and worth dying for.
DeMaris Gaunt
3-17-15