"A Boy Called George

“A BOY CALLED GEORGE”

‘MY DIAMOND CHAMELEON’

A POEM

BY

C.M. RICHARDS

I want to tell you about a man named Boy,

Who as an adult and child has brought me great joy.

On the first Day, I saw this one,

I knew there was a place for me to belong.

I knew then that I could be,

The person I was meant to be.

Singing along to his rich, heavenly voice,

I was able to make a choice.

To throw away the stereotype of a man,

As I have now seen one who can.

It was OK to look this way,

Yes! I still wear make-up every day.

I thank him for being himself,

And for not living life on the shelf.

Yet he lives so openly,

In perfect androgyny.

In his shadow, I could be the same,

Be the master and player of my own game.

When people stop me and ask me Why?

I say, Boy George, No Lie!

Though out my life knowing what he gave me.

Music and the greatest thing that could be.

Identification, empathy,

In a world of indifference, the world around me.

So thank you George for being the man,

That has done what no other can.

You have set me free,

To become the boy I call me.

Thank you to Boy George, you have been such a perfect inspiration to me and millions of other people around the globe.