Wounded Hearts

Are you

So unsure

In your own sexuality

You need to attack others

Who are?

With passing

Or pending legislation

Which reeks

Of "Jim Crow" laws

Against the LGBT community.

Bringing back

A dark and disgraceful period

Of American history

Under the fig leaf

Of religious freedom.

Only this time

You can't use

A person's skin colour

As the basis

For your hatred.

No matter

How you try

To justify your actions.

Hate remains hate.

And your actions

Need to be countered

By gestures.

Which builds bridges

Across these emotional divides

Not barbed wire fences

By the fanatics.

Who's hearts

Are harden

Against love

And understanding.

Author's Note

Last week, the governor of Arizona vetoed legislation, which would allow legal discrimination, against the LGBT community, on religious grounds, without repercussion against them. One can view, as the first step, in demonizing the LGBT community, as monsters, and thus fair game, to treat them, as inhuman, by expressing their hatred and fears, without any worry of responsibility for their actions.