Free Love

Explore your sexuality
Make love a part of thee
It's good to master chastity
But this doesn't always have to be
 
To be gay is not a blasphemy
To be sad, that is the tragedy
So laugh, it's really quite a comedy
And smiling's a well-known remedy
 
For joy's a feeling that's heavenly
Simply be honest and act openly
If other people you wish to see
Love is not jealous, love is free
 
Marriage is for those who do not perceive
That being owned or bound causes the soul to grieve
People stay together and don't leave
When each gives more affection than they receive
 
To travel as a couple may be your destiny
And it may be your fate to be feeling broody
A baby's smile can fill the heart with glee
But whether with children or not, live happily !
 
Forget about marriage, the church or registry
To prove your love you need no paper, no ceremony
Just liking for the other, respect and dignity
Anything less is sheer hypocrisy
 
As for the vows honour, serve and obey
Such promises belong to a bygone day
Towards co-operation and sharing should you sway
With honesty and trust, all worries to allay
 
Divorce is a money-maker for the lawyer and court
Where aggression is vented, battles are fought
If necessary, to arbitrators should disputes be brought
Believe in God's Law, victory should not be bought
 
The single life may cause less acrimony
By walking alone, One has the space to Be
Turning within allows One the Divine to see
And appreciate the world in all its boundless glory
 
Too many turn to sex when feeling raunchy
Their passions aroused, their bodies horny
During the hormonal surge in puberty
Or as a type of addiction to escape reality
 
But sex should be treated as a divine high
That makes lovers' hearts float into the sky
And view the Universe in each other's eye
Only combined with love does sex satisfy
 
Worship your partner as God or Goddess
As Pan or Aphrodite, when in a state of undress
For sex, don't force, cajole or duress
When both are willing, should you say "yes"
 
Relationships shouldn't be a war-scene, a constant contest
Try not to put each other's love to the test
Love is a partnership in which both invest
If this isn't working, it may be time to go West
Staying together out of duty may be a mistake
Prolonging an agony can lead to heartache
Pretending to be happy, your life a complete fake
Is this really how you want to be, why not awake ?
 
But with the right combination, true love can be bliss
Producing ecstacy in each other solely by a kiss
When things flow smoothly and nothing is amiss
It may be a wonderful experience being master and miss
 
Or even mistress and mistress, master and master
We're not restricted by the mores of our father
In each woman is a man, in each him is a her
I dare you to take your behaviour a step further
 
We live in a time of sexual liberation
It's an opportunity for varied experimentation
But this doesn't have to lead to obscene degeneration
For your fantasies to achieve realisation
 
If uniforms or fetishes are your thing
Perhaps rubber beats leather for dressing in
Clothing from trees cause less harm than animal skin
And real fur humans should not be wearing
 
For some, the latest trend is to expose your body to the air
To be in the altogether, our birthday suits to wear
Being naked or nude, being free of care
As we were in Eden before the serpent affair
 
In our original shameless state, we were innocent as a child
Mother Earth was lush and green, the weather ever mild
Before with tower-blocks and concrete, She was piled
We ran around with abandon, natural and wild
 
Since that time we've been living in deep fear
Labelling sex a sin not to go near
Saving one Self, keeping virginity dear
And even towards celibacy, there are some who steer
 
To be righteous, you don't need to be a nun or monk
Repressing sex has created a terrible funk
Even to child abuse, priests have sunk
It's time to reconsider this teaching as junk
 
Realise your inner desire but to a noble end
The rift between sex and platonic love we ought to amend
Avoid the extremes, abstinence and indulgence, to which folk tend
The middle path of sacred love is the best way to wend
 
We were not created with sex tools that had no use
The challenge has been finding out how to avoid misuse
Sexual promiscuity can be considered being loose
And wanking or masturbation can be a form of self-abuse
 
So keep holy that precious gift, the climax or orgasm
Which can send your body into incredible heights of thrilling spasm
It's one of the greatest presents ever given to an organism
A sublime tantric expression in a perfect paroxysm
 
I end this poem by suggesting you go and play
Putting all thoughts of lifelong espousal away
Rather, whether in your bed or rolling in the hay
Think of the wonder of Creation when side by side you lay
 
© Copyright Paz 2004