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Writer's pictureRachael Chau

Everybody Needs A Hero

I lament that I cannot walk the streets alone at night

when the sky is clear and the moon bright and the crispness of autumn and winter afterward suspended in the air 


I wanted my time to waste my youth

and flout my beauty 

and take my health for granted 

But it looks like that time is gone now 


They said if I only worked hard enough

and was noble & generous

but had also saved enough to be stable and responsible 

and additionally was patient and waited my turn in line

that I would be served

I would get my chance


I don’t know if I’ll be served, anymore. 


I’ve always had a fascination with the 80s–

A time of prosperity and flourishing and all around boom

For the first time in my life, I find myself wondering if I will ever experience such a thing

And I want it desperately for the people I love


Oh, I want to see my friends thrive

I want us all to love without legal inhibitors or heated prejudices 

I want the lives we desire to be possible and attainable 

I want us all to live without fear


I want so badly to do the reaching across the aisle we’ve always talked about

But how how how can that happen when such intolerance burns in people’s hearts?


It is no longer an if

It is a reality

And our purpose within that reality isn’t easy

We must learn again, as many have done before us, to live radically


To approach the way we treat ourselves & others with passion

To run after equality with arms outstretched

To tackle it to the ground and embrace it tightly

To say “you’re safe here” and “we’ve been waiting for you for a long time”

“Please stay”


Please stay

Despite the discomfort and confusion and fear

Remember your power, and the power of community

All is not lost, for we have each other

Let us be the light that guides us to being more whole

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