Stonewall

Before there were flags

and banners on high,

we came together

without hesitation,

burning the air

in flames and light,

showing the night

our colourful side.

We have since

been hung out to dry

by colourless corporations

and rose-tinted lies.

You could say

we are united in July,

but there was a fight

before Pride.

Why should I

have the time

for a party

disguised as a rising,

when it has no shade

of defiance in it?

Not enough

has changed

since 1969

for us to ignore

Stonewall’s date,

the first movement

against shame

and hate.

Not enough

has changed.