I hope you feel loved, hope you get home safe 
a rainbow compresses and pours outside 
park burping up all the glitter and lights 
and at the intersection breaks apart 

the grass is biting through my tights, I watch
hope that everyone can keep their joy,
safe in their colors, held by their lovers 
they stand in groups, annoyed at frozen phones

an afterglow of fireworks, deep down they
know that they are back outside where hate thrives 
a festering wound they fear stepping in 
a wound love did not make, despite the claims 

sleepy-eyed they dwindle, get rides, some walk 
I hope you feel loved, hope you get home safe