Exercise

Exercise

By: Husam (Sam) Salman

Sometime

remind

me

to

tell

you

the

story

about

how

I

came

out

.

It’s

an

overwhelming

story

with

big

laughs

,

gay

gasps

all

wrapped

up

in

a

happy

resolve

.

If

there

was

only

one

thing

that

I

could

share

with

you

;

it

would

be

that

,

if

you

do

any

one

thing

each

day

,

for

yourself

,

that

will

benefit

only

you
in

the

now

and

short

term

,

(

but

that’s

relative

)

is

to

learn

something

.

Spend

some

time

each

day

learning

something

…

even

if

it’s

just

listening

and

encountering

perspective

.

 

That

too

is

learning

.

I

hope

this

linear

perspective

gave

you

a

new

outlook

on

how

to

‘reach’

others

and

helped

you

learn

something

,

(

somehow

)

too

.

Cathartic Shame

Cathartic Shame

By: Husam (Sam) Salman

In the early morning light
wrestling with my last dream

There, the tale of sin emerged,
the moment and clamor
of dueling forces welling within.
Where are you men of birds?

Aidos and Nemesis run hand in hand
One flexes the possibility
the other adjusts who falter,

How are hands forced
so unwillingly they:
Call others out for graceless states of age?

Mock the status of your dated wardrobe aloud?

Talk shit about you

For your overtly feminine attributes,
while I spout designer names

And pop idol TV quotes?
 

Free tongues wag limitless entitled pride.

Manner, an ethical free verse ride

Where truth is perception

And justice keeps going blind,

My sharing creates circles

That spread thought like a virus

My ideas sound so great

You now believe them too.

What will you share 

To be known as your legacy?