Paradigm Shift (Stonewall Riots)

Political and Socially Conscious Free Verse Poetry

Black History Month Challenge

Poem #26

At my current age

I find that it is

Indeed a crime

That my paradigm

Has not shifted

Over the years

It has only uplifted

My own kind

And has been

More exclusive than

Inclusive

Which to my dismay

Is sad to say and

Even harder to admit

So today I vow that

Somehow I will 

Change it

Because the mere

Suggestion

That oppression

Affects only my kind

Is a crime

That I have turned

A blind eye too

As the same passion

That's been poured out

Of me into my poetry

Will also embrace

The issues in the

LBGTQ

Community

As I find that on

June 28 1969

The Stonewall

Riots in NYC

Was a significant

Event in the history

Of the the gay 

Community

The raid that was

Made targeted

Gays at a 

Local dive bar

Located inside

The Stonewall Inn

Is where the quest

For acceptance begins

As Marsha P fought

Back against the attack

Starting the gay

Rights movement

Worldwide

Further

Advancing gay pride

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