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Let Us Love

January 8, 2020
By SkeletalWing PLATINUM, Olathe, Kansas
SkeletalWing PLATINUM, Olathe, Kansas
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Favorite Quote:
"Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud" - Maya Angelou


Why can’t people 

Just let us love

They hate on us

When push comes to shove


We hear the slurs

And names they say

We hear it all the time

Every single day


We didn’t choose

To be like this

We didn’t choose

Who we wanted to kiss


But all these people

These “followers of God”

Say we’re going to Hell

Because “gay” is fraud


None of them understand

That it’s simply just love

They see us as different

And decide they’re above


Some sort of phobia

That’s what it’s called

But no one is scared

So the name is quite odd


It’s quite odd because

If people were scared

We wouldn't be beaten

We would be spared


Yet still, we march

With heads held high

Arm in arm

Against all who deny


We fly our flags

And colors in the wind

Even if people

Say that we’ve sinned


But aside from that all

We long to be free

To walk hand in hand

For everyone to see


So call us names

And shout out slurs

We know our love

Is quite similar to yours


Two people in love

Regardless of face

Like people in love

Regardless of race


So one last time

I’ll say it clear

Just let us love

Not live in fear


The author's comments:

write about someone experiencing discrimination - prompt


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