Pride (poem)

(inspired by the legalization of gay marriage in the United States– June 2015)

Pride

Love sins for all the wrong reasons.

but we know,
they know,
He knows

that it’s all about waking up
and seeing your loved one’s face
next to yours,

freckled like coffee drops
across the bridge of the nose—
lashes curled like daffodils
that remind you of how rich
the wild sun streamed
through the window,

pressed between glass
and sky
in your lover’s eyes,
watching the rainbow
glow on pillars, on flags
that marched in unity
through streets paved in victory,

outside the window-
less room that once held you
apart with its walls in silence,
in shame for loving love in the first place:

because in the end,
Love wins
for all the right reasons.

© Rebecca Goes Rendezvous, 2022