De-Escalating The Pain

A rather sad sight

Greeted my eyes

Upon entry

Into my local library.

A post advocating

End to social media's

Homophobia

On May 17th.

The next frontier

Which this bitter war

Is being engaged.

Except this time

No one can see

The faces of those

Who cast their hatred

About.

Unlike

My childhood years

Where my homophobic bullies

Stood before me

As they hurled

Their hateful slurs

With their fists.

For words hurt more

Than sticks and stones

As cuts and bruises

Will heal.

But

The words reverb

In one's mind

Long after

First exposure.

Never quite

Dying out

In their ferocity

To the victim's mind.

Author's Note

Please just read. I don't seek comments on this.