Everyone Is Beautiful

image from Magpie Tales 84

Magical sister with hair of jet

bring down the rain

Let it wash away ignorance and fear

Bring the thunder

to drown out those 

who speak with hate

Send out your familiar

to pluck the eyes of those 

who refuse to see truth

 Let the storms come

and come 

and come

until artiface and duplicity

intolerance and hypocrisy

are rinsed away

and with the petrichor

beauty shines through.

submitted for Magpie Tales 84

The City

image courtesy of Scott Wyden

For him there was no prom

He walked across the stage at graduation

There were a few claps

And a few more snickers

He packed his bag, hugged his mom

And left

He had no delusions

That he would be better loved

In the city

But at least there

He could find

Places to hide

submitted for One Shoot Sunday at One Stop Poetry

and a belated Friday Flash 55