Why We Need Allies

The nooks

Of the internet

And smallest

Of hallways

Are flooded

With hate.

Are flooded

With homophobia.

With transphobia.

I was blessed

To be sheltered

At the beginning

Of finding myself.

I was blessed

To not come across it

While I was unsure.

Not everyone

Gets that blessing.

In those nooks

And those halls,

In that darkness,

We need some light.

That light

Comes in the form

Of an ally.

Everyone’s nook

And everyone’s hallway

Looks a little different.

There’s a hallway

For LGBTQ+,

There’s a nook

For people of color,

There’s a hallway

For speakers of different languages,

There’s a nook

For every reason

A person might seem different.

Those nooks

And hallways

Are petrifying.

They can be dangerous.

That’s why

We need our allies.

To stand in our

Darkness with us,

Radiating some of their light

So we don’t feel

As though we are alone.

Every bit of light

Makes the darkness

A little less lonely.

Every bit of light

Makes the danger

A little less prevalent.