What Pride is All About

Cheers to the Queers

So, I accidentally made myself cry while writing this.
To all of you out there - you matter. You’re loved. I see you, and I care.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭

𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘴.
The blood of those of us they murdered
Seeps into the waters of the world.
Feeds it
With every colour
Every hue
Of the rainbow.
The putrid juice of their decomposed
Bodies
That they dared not bury
Rises towards the heavens
Pierces every cloud and
Rains down on us in glitter.

𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.
Hug with me those that others shrink from.
Take their hands
In yours. Gently kiss their skin.
Show them
That we care.
Let them join us when we
Raise our fists.
Embrace them, as we march towards a
United future.
On our way
We shall punch through the closet doors they slam!
Raise our heels and
Kick them
Out of the way that
Lies ahead.

𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘴
The ones who hide -
And the ones who march at every Pride.
Lift your sneakers, heels, and fists.
Together.

𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴
Let hope ignite in all of us a flame.
With the love they want to take us from us
We’ll melt
Every barrier they build,
And turn it into yet another
Letter.

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