The Boulevard Changes

I stride down the boulevard

Faces full of wisdom

Faces riddled with pain

How long can this last

How long can this sustain?

I’ve seen these souls before

Some cheer and some detest

I do not see between them

Because neither are our best

We are all one unit

Our community is knit with sight

When we dwell on what could go wrong

We shut out what could go right

You are all my people

Be it trans or gay or straight

Today we celebrate queer pride

And thankfully not a day too late

For this moment that we have

We can see the beauty all around

The colors of our identities

Based entirely in luscious sounds

When that beating inside our chest

Rages through echoes of distant times

We’re reminded that our histories

So often parallel and rhyme

No matter who we see

Across aisles that are divded

There’s always a better tomorrow

But we must choose to live inside it

I stand before you queer

And yet I am a human

I’m only living my truth

Despite my fears that are looming

As we go forth into the world

Our time for unity has come

Look at who disjoins us

Our progress being undone

Our quarrel isn’t sexuality

Being lesbian, bi, or ace

It’s about the lives we wish to have

The struggles that we all face

No one is really a demon

And so few of us are saints

We’re all just human on purpose

With flaws we dare not erase

Why must we cast out others

And why should any of us hide

We are all one community

We all should live with pride

This month was proclaimed as a symbol

To show the elegance of realization

To celebrate our unique cultures

To demonstrate our imagination

How far could we all go

If only we gave a smile

What would our faces be

If our progress took us miles?

You, my friend, are special

We all are, it’s true

Together with our triumphs

The only ceiling above us is blue

Today our home is changing

And our faces with it too

But if there’s one thing that will stay the same

Is that no matter the person, I’ll always believe

In you