I don't want to

dread the day

I tell my family

who I am and

I don't want to

see them view

me differently

because they

are now aware

of something

that has always

been true but

they had never

known because

they assumed

something else

was truth

I hope that coming out is no longer a thing to be done.

That we can just simply BE without having to run

Or hide or cower or let go of the hands

That hold us up in private, but in public, can be seen as a sin.

I hope that the world realizes that human rights are for all of us and not just the ones they "like" more than the rest.

But most of all, I hope that we can love freely, without worry or consequence.

For violence to be a thing of the past,

That the hate won't last.

Where there's respect,

And comprehension is a resounding aspect.

There's no more hunger,

No more greed.

Where the oppressed are freed,

And the starved can feed.

A place where cooperation isn't just in the imagination.

A world where dreams become reality,

There's low chance of fatality,

And it's easier to get a degree.

Equality is the way of humanity,

There's more sanity,

Less profanity and vanity.

Those are some hopes,

There's more,

But here's this brief scope.

It may be wishful thinking,

But it's not unreasoning.