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No, You Cannot MAG
It is a new nation,
a nation that proudly proclaims:
“Yes we can.”
But what power holds “yes we can,”
when America has told many of our
brothers and sisters
“no, you cannot”?
You cannot follow your heart.
You cannot move forward.
You cannot take a hand.
You cannot break the mold.
“Marriage is a holy bond
for a man and a woman
it is not yours to taint,” they say.
Where is the future?
Relentlessly we must
keep striving for a better day.
We must stop this hatred
and bring about change in the
wake of defeat.
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i agree with mightierthanasword. i love ur writing and the way way you put things although i disagree with your opinion.
ps the pen is mightier than the sword:) i love ur username
but that's the kicker, they didn't say it was an American right. They simply said a human right. or, actually, a right. marriage is a right, love is a right, not a privilege. and quite often the smaller steps open our eyes to say "woah, ok, that worked, maybe we can solve something bigger". too many people are of the mentality that its too big and we cannot do a thing about it. starting small (but importantly) and then working our way from there could be a jumpstart, something we haven't tried yet.
In any case, I fully liked this poem, it was very well written
