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Why at our age are we still protesting?

Why do we feel the need?

Because the fire of hope for a better world still burns inside us…

and because it’s never too late to plant a seed.

 

If we can plant one seed of understanding

help just one person open their eyes and see

perhaps one day we’ll stop ignoring

and whitewashing our history.

 

If we can plant one seed of knowledge and wisdom

help just one person understand

then minds will be free to be opened

and books will never be banned.

 

If we can plant one seed of love and acceptance

help just one person to open their eyes and see

then the world begins to be a better place for the LGBTQ+

and me

 

We protest to plant one seed in one heart

because in our hearts we know

unless we plant that seed

it has no chance to grow.

 

That’s why at our age we’re still protesting 

and we will keep protesting as long as it takes…

although we are protesting less for us now

and more for our children’s and grandchildren’s sake.

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©17 February 2023 - 11:00am — joy
17 February 2023 - 4:26pm — lyrycsyntyme
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If it's any consolation to

If it's any consolation to you, life is better for LGBTQ+ persons than it has been for almost the entirety of human history - at least in the western world (I can't claim up or down for most elsewhere, don't know enough). When I was a kid, it was still relatively risky to step out into the world for friends who merely appeared to others to be gay (I imagine you've seen more and worse of this than I have, in your life). That, for the most part, has changed. It could be better yet - and I hope it will be, right along with you. But, also, every grouping of people, and I mean every single group, needs to learn how to treat each other better. At this point, as far as I can see, we spend too much time infighting between identity groups and dragging each other down, back and forth, while the smallest group - the ruling class - gets richer and more powerful. We get played against one another, and the greatest protest we have yet to successfully make is to stand together against it. All the best to you, you write beautifully, as always.