Poetry About Homophobia

A joke crosses the room and finds the person pretending not to hear. Fear often borrows laughter before it admits its cruelty. Someone edits their weekend into safer, smaller sentences. No one should need courage merely to name whom they love. A rainbow sticker on one office door becomes a quiet promise. Solidarity begins when silence stops protecting the insult.

Someone edits their weekend into safer, smaller sentences. Laws can open gates, but daily welcome must keep them open. Pride is not provocation; it is breath recovered from shame. The harmed heart deserves more than lessons in endurance. We unlearn contempt by meeting one another without disguise. Dignity is not permission granted by the fearful.

A joke crosses the room and finds the person pretending not to hear. A rainbow sticker on one office door becomes a quiet promise. Solidarity begins when silence stops protecting the insult. The harmed heart deserves more than lessons in endurance. A hand held openly can change the weather of a street. Dignity is not permission granted by the fearful.