The Best Revenge

steeped in hard hostility
our love was formed by enmity
burned by rank revulsion
our closeness shaped by their aversion

rejected by cold family
we became the new reality
that frightens all the racists
with nightmares of new genesis

for in the darkness of their hatred
our love was forged hard-tempered
as God’s sword plunged deep into snow
from forge’s white-hot searing glow

and now our depth of family
has no limit of fragility
to break at slightest pressure
of other people’s hateful censure

thus our children are the future
that those who hate can never sunder
the relentless path to peace
the judgmental can never face

so remember this, my lover
when you want to run for cover
the best revenge we can possess
is life, success and happiness