a concert in the square • • • Isabel de Oliveira

A History of Queer Love

Isabella Paracca

We are crafted from age old stories From ancient love From the dawn of the world Our melodies were hushed From basking in the Grecian sun To loving in exiled corners in the night Those who dared play sappho’s song Sung hymns of defiance, of a forthcoming light Yet we are cast into this hell of earthly creation Our bodies consumed by the pestilence of human hatred Still, through the ages, we sing with persisting passion Leaving traces of gold where it once was ashen We carved our histories into the stars For those who’ll come after to find the way to their hearts No longer shall our lives be marked with tragedy For we are gods of our own world Sewing new threads in humanity’s tapestry