Hashtag
#I’mWithHer
We use our voices
We use our filters, hashtags, and followers
We remember our heroes.
We remember the ones we lost
We remember who we are and who
We want to be.
We put a filter
On Flanders Fields and remind our
Friends that we’re louder and
Prouder than any closet.
We create communities.
Are hashtags forms of
Self-expression or are
They newer forms of
Old oppressions
Free speech
Hate speech
Like it
Tweet it
Block it
Hate it
We give up our
Privacy in the name of
Self-expression we’re the
Leading generation in this
New form of aggression
No one came Before us
In this ocean of information
How are we supposed to avoid
Our own
Misrepresentation.
We speak up for what
We believe in
Without hesitation
We don’t settle for less.
Creating a new
Democratic nation.
We will not wrap up our
Protests in a neat little bow
We will not seal it with wax
Like they did long ago.
Maybe the risk is too much
Maybe we cannot afford it
But when all’s said and done
Damn right I support it.
By: @allygeist
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