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"Will you be my Valentine?"
Why is there fear in your eyes?
Do you understand his feelings?
His soaring hopes, his trembling affection
Dear boy, do you even understand your answer?
Splatter the school walls red, how festive
On Valentines Day, all is Silent
Hundreds of children: fearful, alone
Hundreds of homes: empty, yearning
Yet the lonely numbers only compound
Unwanted sons, in makeup and drag
Unwanted daughters, their girlfriends left behind
On the crowded city streets, all is Silent
Together 5 years, married for none
They have the money, the means
But neither wears a dress
"People will marry animals next"
Martin Luther King would be proud
Words which shadow our darkest pasts still cloud mental skies
For humans then, humans now, all is Silent
Red, White, and Blue
Voices, hard won, rot in disuse
Our past rises to challenge oppression
And still, so many choose blindness
Can you hear it?
The empty homes, the cold streets, the judging schools
They scream in Silence
So you, with your voice
What will you choose?
Do these humans suffer in vain?
Will you sing? will you scream? will you end the Silence?
- by In-the-English-Rain |
- Holiday Poem Contest
- | Submitted on 12/12/2008 |
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- Title: Silence
- Artist: In-the-English-Rain
- Description: This is a gay pride poem i wrote recently, the first stanza is a true story of an 8th grader. Also, in the 3rd stanza the quote is something used for anti-gay marriage now and used for anti-interracial marriage during the civil rights movement, the clouded mental skies is a reference to Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Other than that it is pretty self explanatory, please tell me what you think, hate spam will be ignored.
- Date: 12/12/2008
- Tags: silence homosexual pride america
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Comments (3 Comments)
- xxxCD7xxx - 06/21/2009
- oh my god i love it...im bisexual myself, so yea this is awesome i put it in my favorites. yea i love this freakin poem...ur amazing and check out my writing arenas! Peace Love and Poetry CDGothicChic7
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- Horrifix - 04/10/2009
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This is amazing, i love it
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- maximaneffort - 03/29/2009
- amazing... perfect 10/5
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