Dear readers,
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🌈
On the occasion of Pride Month, I decided to rekindle my passion for writing by writing about a cause I am very passionate about, the rights of the LGBTQIA++ community.
For those of you who have a rudimentary understanding of everything this community entails and would like to know more, please do peruse the following article by The New York Times that touches upon some of the basic jargon in regards to the community:
I hope this poem inspires my readers to open their minds and hearts to this multidimensional, diverse community.
A love like ours
There are 7 colours in a rainbow
There are 7 wonders of the ancient world
Over 7 billion hearts
That yearn to be loved and heard.
But despite living in a world of diversity
We live amidst great hate and fear
The irony lies in being hated because of a love
That transcends gender and external veneer
A glimmer in her eyes,
A dazzling rainbow in her heart
She is vibrant and vivacious
She sets herself apart
She confines herself not,
To what society says she must be
She is non-binary she is non-conforming
Her spirit is set free
He is shy, he is solemn,
He is different from the rest.
To be accepted by the world,
He runs away from who he is,
The visage of a woman
shields the heart of a man
Until he accepts who he is
No one ever can.
We live in a society that defines,
That concocts cruel names,
Names that categorize, define and confine you,
That are used to spread fear and hate
But let no one ever tell you
Who it is you must be
Be loud, be bold, be proud,
Set the true you free
Love is a spectrum of colour,
It is neither black nor white.
Love is deaf.
Love is blind.
Love is cruel.
Love is kind.
But love is love
And who we love, we get to decide.
-Diya Hebbar
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New York Times link: Gold Michael, The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ (Published 2018) (2018). Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/style/lgbtq-gender-language.html (Accessed: 1 June 2021).
This is amazingggg!!💗
This is beautiful, Diya! Happy Pride Month to everyone!