RAINBOW WARRIOR

RAINBOW WARRIOR- A SONNET

I've marched beneath the colors of this flag

In service of equality for all

To shouts of "God hates sinners!", "Dyke!", and "Fag!"

And still, I lift the rainbow banner tall.

For though I am a solitary soul,

I know that we are none of us alone

And in our multitudes we are made whole-

Beneath these colors many stand as one.

The rainbow is a bright and welcome spark

Red, orange, yellow, blue and purple, green

To those of us still living in the dark

A precious moment in which we are seen.

For though I wear these colors on my skin,

The brightest rainbow is the one within.