#lgbt poem
You used to tell me you loved me
Yet you showed me otherwise
Now I can’t trust anyone
I keep thinking they all lie
Sometimes I want to go back to you
Yet that means destroying myself
I’ve started to wonder
If there’s something broken in me
Maybe I’m made to love
Not to be loved
Things are changing
Every second, every moment,
Things have to change
Yet it hurts to see uschanging
Love is beautiful
Love is universal
Love is complex
Love is full of colors
Love who you wish to love, but love with all your heart
-from your local bisexual
Do I just spill my fucking guts?
I’m only good at either complete subtlety
Or wearing my heart like a tattoo sleeve
Maybe I’ll go be naked on stage
Then go into witness protection
And never be heard from again
You have quite a funny way of expressing adoration
Or maybe I’m just imagining things
Bored and lonely with nothing better to do
Than pine for your adoration!
I swear my attraction
Both romantic and sexual
Just loves to roll a dice
And whatever it lands on
Is what my main attraction is for the day!
Only becoming exclusive once feelings grow,
Leaving me wondering if
I have ever been attracted to different others before…
Was I just bored?
But then, those feelings subside
And I realize that I am not imagining things
Until, feelings grow once again
I exist as a confused, shaken bottle of frustration
I love the way they exist.
They have chaos in their mind but
they’re vibrant in their soul.
They are as powerful as a forest fire!
They think that they destroy everything in their path
But really, they are creating a new path
Creating a new path…
They are the strongest person I know.
She grounded my chaos
Saw the storm and said
“I am not afraid!”
Told her that it might suck her in
She said “I won’t let it.”
Was worried she’d try to tame it
Instead, she grabbed my hand
She held it as we watched the storm go by
“You are not alone in this.”
Let Me Join You, Fellow Bisexual {Poem}
Let me join you, for there is no comfort in walking alone.
Far behind is an alley made of stolen stones.
We built this path of our own and refused to pick a side,
But ridicule follows and strips us of our pride.
We are not gay or straight enough for either community.
The home we had has become an oppression pageantry.
Let me join you, for there is no support in fighting alone.
We weep and scream for the sooth to be known.
Call it panphobia but I am not afraid of all things,
Nor of their deception, though it may sting.
For the sake of the activists who paved this road,
We must march on and demand truth be told.
Let me join you, for there is no pressure in resisting alone.
Only in unity is this community able to grow.
Those at Stonewall did not submit to the police,
So we will not yield in the name of silencing peace.
Nor will we make war with those of us led astray,
For this road has too many bricks to all be carried away.
Let me join you, for there is no comfort in walking alone.
These well-traveled bricks will found a home,
So we never need be on our own.
— Riley Idalia Lord
Happy new year and all that good stuff! Sorry I’ve been a little absent lately, I’ve been in a weird place and having a hard time figuring things out. I have a new Pride art piece, hopefully, coming in the near future (๑>◡<๑)
I’m proud of all of you and remember to always be proud of yourself!!
