─ONE SMILE
WAS THE COMPLETE TURNING POINT
MADE HER SO HAPPY
SHE WAS HOLDING HER HAND
AT SCHOOL
IT FELT SO GOOD
AND THE BOY
THE ONE WHO HAD LIKED HER
APPROACHED THEM
"
OH, I SEE"
HE SMILED
"I'M HAPPY YOU'RE COMFORTABLE
WITH WHO YOU ARE"
H
E TOLD HER
AND SUDDENLY
IT ALL FELT ONE HUNDRED TIMES BETTER
SHE FELT ACCEPTED
BY EVERYONE
WELL, ALMOST
THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T LIKE HER FOR WHO SHE WAS
BUT THEY DIDN'T MATTER
FOR THE MOMENT
ALL THAT MATTERED WAS THAT SHE WAS HAPP
AND SHE'D ALMOST ALWAYS BE HAPPY
AND COMFORTABLE IN HER SKIN
SHE ALMOST ALWAYS SMILED
AND SHE FELT NATURAL
THESE FEELINGS DIDN'T JUST COME ONCE
THEY WERE REOCCURING
AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING
HER HAPPINESS
FINISH.
YOU ARE READING
ONE ━ LGBTQ+
Poetry━A SINGLE THING, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, CAN BRING A ONE'S WHOLE WORLD TO AN END, CRASHING SERENITY THORSTON, 2017 ©
