I thought about Gay Rights after I saved a lightning bug from my cat

Jun 23, 2025

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I could see its green light fade as it flew further and further away,

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free from the room it had been lost in, like a shooting star in a cage,

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beaming from corner to corner, bashing against drywall to get back out to the night air,

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all the while being watched by the dilated eyes of my murderous cat.

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I thought about how there are people that are forced to die a bug,

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and not a boy,

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who just wanted to be free

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to love.

(Art by @xshoyou9 on X, found on Pinterest)