Burned Bridges
Sometime I forget that LGBT
Has a ‘B’ for me
I forget so I can distance myself
From the hate that flows
Not from others
But from inside
You preach acceptance
But banish those
Who want to help spread your message
You urge kindness for all
But reduce ‘all’ to your definition
We are fighting a war
Some will call it a silent war
But it is only silent
If we do not speak
And I am speaking
I am speaking to ask
Why you’d shun a fellow soldier
For any reason at all
You can tell me over and over
That they’ve never been oppressed
The thing is
They’ll tell you that themselves
They aren’t fighting for themselves
They’re fighting against the same things as you
Against those with skewed opinions
And primitive thought
And you want to judge them?
Lump all straight people together?
Mock the word ‘allies’?
Well,
I have only one thing to say to you
Wait till there’s troubled water
Under the bridges you’ve burned