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Cover image for post Beirut Pride, by JooMatar
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JooMatar in Poetry & Free Verse

Beirut Pride

Roads turned into battlfields

People screaming and shouting

There was no time to heal

Always needed to keep fighting

Many years later, the city got rebuilt

A war ended, but a new one started

People's minds covered in dirt

Their acceptance became blinded

Lost its colors many years ago

Nobody tried to bring them back

Darkness has started to grow

Even time lost its track

New generations came to this land

Trying to fix the past mistakes

With no weapons, only a flag in their hands

Asking for their rights, no matter what it takes

We may get banned many times

It takes time to build a country

They may see our work as a crime

But we'll always fight proudly

Let's raise our flags instead of guns

Let's show them how to love

Let's dance under the moon and the sun

Ourselves, let's be proud of