how did this happen?
can you look me in the eyes
can you look ANYONE in the eyes
and say you are truly proud?
the answer
should be no
you should not be proud
you have no right to be
if you can still be proud while people are dying
while people are suffering
while people are being murdered for the color of their skin
the pronouns they use
the clothes they wear
then you have never been shown anything to be proud of
you have never been shown what leadership is
what accountability is
because it is NOT a twitter account
it is NOT sexualizing your child
it is NOT treating people as less than because they don't conform to your idea of society
accountability can not happen while this is happening
because as long as these things,
the awful tweets, the sexualizing, the discrimination
as long as you think that is okay you can never be accountable
which is why I have to write a poem about it
because maybe if we call you out enough you will STOP
maybe you will THINK
maybe you will CHANGE
and maybe that won't happen
maybe no one will see this
and maybe no one will want to read because it doesn't rhyme
maybe it doesn't flow well
it is harsh
it isn't pretty or charming or sweet
but that's just fine
neither are you
can you look me in the eyes
can you look ANYONE in the eyes
and say you are truly proud?
the answer
should be no
you should not be proud
you have no right to be
if you can still be proud while people are dying
while people are suffering
while people are being murdered for the color of their skin
the pronouns they use
the clothes they wear
then you have never been shown anything to be proud of
you have never been shown what leadership is
what accountability is
because it is NOT a twitter account
it is NOT sexualizing your child
it is NOT treating people as less than because they don't conform to your idea of society
accountability can not happen while this is happening
because as long as these things,
the awful tweets, the sexualizing, the discrimination
as long as you think that is okay you can never be accountable
which is why I have to write a poem about it
because maybe if we call you out enough you will STOP
maybe you will THINK
maybe you will CHANGE
and maybe that won't happen
maybe no one will see this
and maybe no one will want to read because it doesn't rhyme
maybe it doesn't flow well
it is harsh
it isn't pretty or charming or sweet
but that's just fine
neither are you
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