Love is Love

A Poem by Avnie Bansal

to celebrate pride month<3

i remember waking up
always with a frown
confused scared
and mostly alone.
But today,
Today i woke up
with a smile
so wide
a heart so full
a hand holding
tightly onto mine.

but this hand
this hand that
i have fallen
head over heels for,
the smile
that reminds me
of the radiance
equal to the sun
and those eyes
which shine
with emotions
manifold
may be my
safe haven
but only within these walls.

Cause outside these walls
exist those
with lecherous words
and dark evil souls
that don't recognise
an ounce of
what love is?

for they mock us
and mock us some
more.
pass lewd comments
point to us
as if we are
from a species,
unknown.
and treat us
as if
we were inhumane.

I see couples
walking
all around
all the time.
Singing, laughing
enjoying
sunsets on the beach
snow on mountain tops.
making the most of
each and every moment
with the one they love.

Oh, how i long
to be that free.
to enjoy the miracle
that love is
to the bask in the
happiness it brings.
So, why are we
the only criminals?
Why are we
the only ones
who suffer?
Just because
i am a girl?
and she loves me still?
since when is
falling in love
a crime?