Lynne

The aliens saw Earth and left.

With my one and only life,

I plan to think and dream,

no matter if my ideas are rife,

no matter how extreme.

I’ll climb the highest mountain,

figurative or real.

My dreams, I‘ll keep on countin’,

If I can walk through the rain,

I can run in the sun,

even when it feels like the downpour

will never stop.

Because even if it doesn’t for a long time,

umbrellas will be offered

from hands I love to hold

Come together

Offer help

Manage their sorrows

Monitor their emotions

Use kindness,

Not hate

If you fall,

They will be there to catch

You

If their expressions carved in stone

could move once again,

their expressions would remain stony.

The dysfunction

we allow to continue functioning

Their gardens,

now flowering with pollution

In a community of acceptance,

there is a lack of understanding

for the A

in LGBTQIA. 

It’s easier to point fingers

than interlock fingers

or tap fingers to chins,

thinking,