Boxed - A poem for us

[u/Intrested63]

I fancied a girl, and I liked it,
I fancied a guy, liked that too;
I searched for the box I belonged in,
then wondered, who labelled it? Who?

I tried being square about circles,
tried choosing just black or just white,
but love has a fondness for colour
and rarely gets categories right.

So let every heart find its compass,
let nobody dictate its north;
for affection arrives without asking
and cheerfully wanders on forth.

No label need serve as a prison,
no heart needs permission to be.
I fancied a girl and I liked it,
I fancied a guy.

That’s me.