Writing Prompt

Pride is

Being yourself

Despite the cruel world

Pride is

Being true to yourself

Despite the expectations

Pride is

Being proud of yourself

Though not overly so

Pride is

Learning about yourself

With or without company

Pride is

All of that

And more...

They toss it out

like a punch,

like a joke,

like a dare-

„Thats so gay,"

followed by a laugh

and a sidelong look.

Like gay

was dirt.

Like it meant less.

Like love

was something

they get to box away.

They never mean it,

they always insist.

Its just talk-

Its just a game.

But Ive watched

what silence does to a heart.

How phrases like that

can hollow out

who a kid believes

they ought to be.

Make s...

i guess this prompt is kind of an excuse to make a pride month poem so yeah 🤷🏽‍♀️

boys,

girls,

any other classifications,

it is time…

to show off

our pride!

the girls are giggling at each other,

the boys mercilessly tease each other,

don’t you see?

it is time

for our wild sides

to be revealed,

so get out of your house

and state your uniqueness

to those unaware!

(no this is totally not me tryin...

(Sorry, I know it says poem, but mine is kind of more of a short story.)

“I love Pride.

Pride is beautiful, Pride is freedom, Pride is joy.

Pride is loud and bright and open and whole.

It’s acceptance and safety and such raw belonging.

Belonging to a community,

to a life.

The closet is a shield that I adore and respect for all that it has done for my own well being, but there are times ...

I am one of you,

A human, a lover too,

But why do you hurt me?

I swear I wouldn’t hurt you.

I can complain and feel,

I can tell what’s fake and real,

I have thoughts and morals,

Nothing I should conceal.

My heart bleeds like yours,

Can fall deep in love and soar,

Yes, there’s a small change,

But it’s still intimacy, so pure.

Yet you try to cut my flesh,

Shout that I see truth through mesh,

You...

It’s finally June

A month if pride

A month where people of all kinds

Meet up and celebrate queer all month

Seeing people get together and accept everyone

Is a magical thing

The world needs today

It doesn’t matter if your straight queer or cis

But accept everyone no matter who they are

Everyone is unique and special

And the deserve to be loved

And to have pride in what we believe in

Pride...

Don’t ever post this. Seriously. Please dude.

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That piece,

unseen by anyone but yourself…

A lone, dusty tome,

hung upon a crooked shelf.

Could you not live

with it being unopened?

Could you not dive

into another’s work,

forming community?

Surely that would get

your piece noticed.

Look to someone else for visibility.

You know I’ve been taking notes…

All those likes bu...

You’re delusional,

Thinking I’d ever love you,

How pathetic…

You’re so prideful.

You think you’re

Better than everyone else?

That’s just not true.

You

Are simply too

Full of pride.

An egotistical

Man like you,

Makes me go

Ewww…

Your personality sickens me,

Your pride is surely unearned.

I desperately want to

Take you down a peg

Or even two.

You’re self-absorbed to a

Hellish degree,

You, my “g...

5 letters

To avoid

Sinful,

Worldly,

You say

And yet you

You who rebukes it

So readily

You, struggling

To keep your facade

Of perfection;

It’s you

You who rebukes it

Personifying the

Very thing

The

Sinful,

Worldly,

Word, the

5 letters

That you

You cannot avoid....

My pride

Isn’t her pride

We’re separate,

Divided

Her pride

Is obvious

My pride,

secretive

What is pride?

Joy?

Revelation?

Ego?

My longing

Isn’t her longing

Well, maybe…

I guess I don’t know

Her fear

Might be my fear

Her tragedy

Shared

Our pride

Might be

If we could talk

If she could see...