imagine a world…

Imagine a world, imagine a world where you were in love.

Perhaps that’s already this world.

But, just imagine this love as a crime. 

To hold hands with your beloved would get you sent to jail.

Every passing glance, every little peck would be met with absolute disgust.

Maybe even hatred, maybe even violence.

Bruises would still litter your bodies as you hold each other close.

So close. So close but never close enough.

Just imagine, your family finds out about your love.

They are appalled, they vow to disown you.

To your horror, they call the police. 

This is fine, just a night in jail, right?

Right?

Screams and shouts fill you and your 

lovers ears as you're thrown into the back of a van.

Words so vile, words wishing you and them death. Dread.

You try to hold each other close. So close but never close enough.

You get shipped off to a prison. A place where murderers, theives and horrible people stay.

You protest. You scream, shout, hit. Anything.

Your lover went first. The only thing you could do was hang your jaw open as they were strung up by a rope.

They screamed. They screamed so loud that your ears began ringing.

Then the screams stopped.

It felt like it all stopped, the world stopped spinning. You eventually stopped too. 

Stopped crying, stopped feeling, stopped breathing.

Now, imagine all of this. Imagine this all happened to you or anybody in the world. It’s horrible, right?

Now imagine them and their lover were the gender,

how would you feel then?