some break the door down others knock tentatively others throw the door open dramatically and unashamedly others lock the door and keep it locked some of us had to pull ourselves out, kicking and screaming and fighting the whole way some of us still have one foot in the door some of us still visit it, sometimes
we all know what it's like behind the door it's where we learn to hurt it's where we learn to hide it's where we learn to love it's where we learn anger, and fire, and fight it's home and it's not it's scary and it's dark but it's there where we learn to make our own light to be our own light that we can shine and we can glow no matter what the world beyond the door may say
"love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside"
happy national coming out day to all of us, everywhere