An unlikeable child.

I just finished watching Before night falls. It's story of Cuban gay writer Reinaldo Arenas. During his life in Castro regime he was persecuted for his books and being a homosexual. He finally fled to US and suffering from AIDS, committed suicide. How much lives in opposite corners of this world are alike. "My Lover Sea" is one of his poems which is read at the end of movie on images of Renaldo as a kid, abandoned in an open grave, to play his life by himself. I think it describe life of many of us. I cried at the end of the film.

My Lover Sea
By: Reinaldo Arenas
Stolen From: Iranian Gay Doctors Website!

I am that child
with the round, dirty face
who on every corner bothers you with his
“Can you spare a quarter?”

I am that child with the dirty face,
no doubt unwanted,
that from far away contemplates coaches
where other children
emit laughter and jump up and down considerably

I am that unlikeable child
definitely unwanted,
with the round dirty face
who before that giant street lights or
under the grandams also illuminated
or in front of the little girls that seem to levitate
projects that insult of his dirty face

I am that angry and lonely child of always,
that throw you the insult and warns you:
if hypocritically you pat me on the head
I would take that opportunity to steal your wallet

I am that child of always
before the panorama of imminent terror
imminent leprosy, imminent fleas,
of offences and the imminent crime.

I am that repulsive child that improvises a bed
out of an old cardboard box and waits,
certain that you will accompany me.

... And Mahshid wrote a great deal about Stockholm pride march. Including three radio programs. They are great.