after pride

The rainbows start to come down

Companies go back to their normal routine

The streets start to look dull

Instead of having bright colours everywhere

July becomes a normal month

No more celebrating or parades

To others life routines to normal

But for others, it stays the same

Others still keep their flags

The world becomes quiet

The loneliness starts to overwhelm

And suffocate me

Feeling lost in a world

And now not knowing where I belong now

During pride

I was surrounded with love

And now it’s gone

We live in a world where we give more hate than love

Being a homosexual is considered wrong

I never thought me loving another woman

Could make me disgusting

43 or more countries where it’s illegal to be gay/transgender

Can you believe that?

Just for us being who we are

Some won’t understand

Or they choose not to

People often fear what they can’t bring themselves to understand

A month where we are celebrated for being who we are

Is now gone

Its as if my world got quiet

My voice is unheard

And kept in a box

And now nothing matters

I am now a bisexual woman

Living in a world

Where people may accept me

Or think I’m a sinful person

At least during pride, I felt seen

And now I’m invisible

With the rest of humanity