Love is love
Even after all this tragedy
Hunger, death, and worse
A spark of something rare
Through it all
This remains
They won’t take this from us
Pride in who we are
Hope in our heart
Being in community
They can’t take this from us
Because this is love
And love is stronger than any hate
The kind of love
They want to make it seem rare
But it’s not
It’s everywhere
In the bass of the music at our bars
In kisses shared between lovers and strangers
In our stories we pass down
And in every step
Our very existence
Is what love is
And love, my dear
Is what they fear most