This is what equality looks like

My experience at Orange County Pride was really something.

Under the rainbow of lights,

We danced in the night,

Our skins painted by the sound of music.

We sat on the stairs

Without worry or care,

Just bobbing our heads along.

I pointed to the crowd,

So joyous and loud,

And said, "Look at the rainbow we've made.

There are whites and blacks.

There's no race we lack.

Yet they all dance together as one.

Those on wheelchairs, they dance!

The poor folks prance

Right beside the bodies of the rich.

The hatred we carry

That we endlessly bury

Is forgotten on a night like this.

The young and the old,

Without being told,

Know that this is what equality looks like."

Author's Note

I really did have a conversation like this with a stranger at OC pride, except, of course, it didn't rhyme.

Reviews

[Wandering Violet]

That's really inspiring and if only we could all embrace equality in all things, then we could all be happy!

How i wish I could have been there to celebrate with them! Maybe another time.