Polyamory

So I did my shtick on gender, so I guess the next thing to explore would be Polyamory relationships. Ready, folks? Polyamory is not bad!! There is no problem with more than one person in a marriage, as long as all parties know and consent. So long as everyone is married to each other and no one person is opposed to the idea or so long as no one person has multiple spouses (in secret), then there is no problem with polyamory. And it’s not just about sex! Just like any other marriage is not just about sex. Children and finances are also part of the equation.

There's a great book series by Gail Dayton called the Compass Rose. A marriage is between four people--at least. I think that is very cool. It's a romance with magic and adventure built into it. Supercool. Anyway, I think it is awesome that there are books out there where there is polyamory unions. I don't understand why people are so opposed to the idea. Well, I guess I don't want to share my boyfriend, but if we both fell in love with another person, they would be welcome into our relationship. But I doubt that that will happen for me; I don't have enough room in my heart for that kind of love anymore. I can love as a friend or family member, but not as a lover because my boyfriend takes up that space. However, maybe others have bigger hearts than I do, at least in this respect, and are therefore able to love more than one person as a lover. Yay, them! Three cheers, I say. Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!

Anyway... as I said. Polyamory unions aren't just about sex. There's love, respect, trust, and happiness. They raise children together. They help each other with money. They live together. Sounds good to me! I mean, this way, only one house has to be bought and more than two people are able to pay for the mortgage and appliances and utilities! Very efficient! And there's more people to clean the house (as well as make it dirty). There are more groceries to buy, but more people to contribute money to buy them in the first place. So finance is a part of this.

But most of all, in my opinion, polyamory is about love, respect, trust, and happiness. It's about caring.

I was going to go into a lot more detail, etc., but I can't think of what I was going to say! Ah, memory....

God

I wrote a poem entitled "My God" a few years back. What I wrote is true. I believe that God (or Goddess or the Holy One or the Great Spirit or Whatever You Want To Call It) is in everything, is a part of everything. It links everything together: trees, animals, people, the sky, the waters, etc. The things I listed in the poem are the evidence of God. I believe that God is within everything, but is also separate.

Read Old Turtle (a children's story by Douglas Wood).

Tentative Poem (looks better in my word doc.)

Darkness
D
R
I
P
P
I
N
G
Down
To spLAsh in my heart-ache.
The sun has gone out.
I am blind.
The darkness closes in,
Choking me.
It
S
P
I
R
A
L
S
Around me,
Falling like rain.
Or tears.
Maybe it misses you as much as I do.
The sun has gone out.
My sun has gone out.
I am cold.
It is dark.
The darkness clenches around my heart
(--darkHEARTness--)
Squeezing tighter and tighter
Until the blood can not get through
The Pain
D
R
I
P
S
Off of me
Like sweat and tears.
Like rain.
Like the darkness.
Pain and Darkness surround me
Like a blanket,
Smothering me
The sun has gone out
My sun has gone out.
All that is left is my darkness.
Empty of light.
Nothing is enough to keep
Me from being empty, too.
Just empty.