Don't Be Afraid to Say Gay

A Poem by Bob B

Florida wants to show

Its hateful, nasty side

By lashing out at gays

With zeal that it won't hide.

Governor DeSantis

Will not be outdone.

He wants to make a case

Where there's really none.

But who cares what

DeSantis has to say?

Turn his words around

And don't be afraid to say gay.

Other states will now

Attempt to follow suit

With explanations that

They will convolute.

It matters not to them

What is right or wrong.

It's just a culture war

That nudges them along.

When states try to put

Their bigotry on display,

Turn their words around

And don't be afraid to say gay.

Using toxic words

Like "groomers" to suggest

That anyone who's gay

Is on a lecherous quest,

Backers of the bills

Frequently beguile

Voters with the use

Of words like "pedophile."

When fanatics try

To bully you this way,

Turn their words around

And don't be afraid to say gay.

Autocratic rulers,

Backed by troglodytes,

Despise tolerance

And stomp on human rights.

Don’t let other people

Intimidate you. No!

Just be who you are,

And tell them where to go.

Love is love is love,

So don't be led astray.

Turn their words around

And don't be afraid to say gay.

-by Bob B (4-11-22)

© 2022 Bob B

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Lisasview

As an American, from California, now living in Costa Blanca Spain, for a little over a year, I found your poem rather interesting.
I have loads of friends that live in Florida ... such a crazy place..
I agree totally be yourself...do no be afraid... I grew up when anyone that was gay, was still in the closet..
That was in Hollywood, California.. Things certainly changed over the years.. Thank goodness..
Hate comes in all forms..mainly from ignorance..so sad..really so sad.
Lisa, now in Spain