We all want our alternate universe.
She imagines a world withthat perfect book and perfect spot.
He imagines a world with that perfect island that doesn't exist here, with his favorite, perfect person and perfect pet.
They are imagining a perfect world with perfect people and perfect systems...
And so am I.
I imagine an alternate universe where "sexism" is foreign word, hated and despised.
I imgaine an alternate universe where racism was abolished hundreds of years ago, not forgotten, but not repeated.
I yearn for a world where homophobia is a frightening fairy-tale, read to kids at night before bed.
I yearn for a world where human rights is a must and equality is always.
We imagine alternate universes because our reality is far too dystopian.
That perfect book doesn't exist.
That perfect island and perfect person and perfect pet doesn't exist.
Perfect people and perfect systems aren't real
Have you seen the news lately?
We live in a dystopian world where "sexism" is treated like a swear word, hated and despised. Men don't like it because they're the reason we have that word, women hate it because it could get them killed.
People say racism was abolished hundreds of years ago when slavery was declared unconstitutional, but they forget that this isn't just about black people. This is about the girl who said to me, "I can make those jokes, I'm black." after making an Asian joke. This is about people being mocked and beat up just because their skin isn't white.
This is a world where homophobia is a frightening newsfeed, read by scared teenagers at night before bed. A horrifyingly real story about muder, abuse, and disownment. It's a story about people who still think love isn't okay.
This is a world where human rights is a maybe and equality is preposterous. Where you're only treated human if you follow a strict, double-standard critia meamt for your "assigned gender". Where equality is a pay gap, where equality is male over female, where I'm not strong enough, where they need to "pick a fucking gender, for god's sake!" Equality is where we worry more about keeping men's dicks hard then we do about the women and girls being attacked with acid.
We live in a dystopian world with horrors to last a millennium.
Can you blame us for imagining an alternate universe?
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My Poems
PoetryThese are some of the poems I've recently started writing. Some about me or my life, others are about fandoms. I'll let you figure it out #53 - overthinking
