nevertheless

 there is no question that the night is long

with clouds unbroken in the sky above

we want to give slow-moving time a shove

with urgent purpose we await new song

this calendar that warns of winter's wrong

our hearts demand the springtime morning dove

return of flowers reawoken love

days may be cold but hope is very strong

all that we know is how much each must rue

those painful stories of a different map

on which new facts and new lines would be writ

but now we find that not a thing was true

each noble tale  has turned out to be crap

and we need help to get out of the shit

Meme

Viarealthog  and marydell : Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow. If you read this, and live in California, please consider voting NO on Proposition 8.

I have yet to understand how two men marrying each other, or two women marrying each other affects my marriage in any manner whatsoever. I cannot see that it does, or how it is any business of mine to prevent consenting adults from ensuring that their relationships have the same protections mine do. It is only decent. It is only just. It is the only proper thing to do.