WHEN I TOOK YOU HOME

I wished for them to love you,

Accept you despite your ps and qs,

I wanted to elucidate them

My own folks, all of them,

I begged them to accept your culture,

And like two soluble solvents,

Love each other to become one,

I risked everything, when I took you home.

They accused you of effrontery,

I said you only talked improperly,

That your people were different,

I took one for you, right on the chest,

They said you revealed too much skin,

That you aimed to seduce other kin, I said your world was hotter than this,

I risked everything , when I took you home

When he smiled at you,

I thought he finally understood you.

He showed you around, the garden and the pool,

At last an informed man, I was a fool,

The innocent wink, the cheeky grin

They told me I dug my own grave, gritty and grim

I risked everything, when I took you home

     By Ken