Just in time for Pride month and perfect for a Third Thursday Gathering of Poetry, poet Danielle Coffyn shares a delightful short verse encouraging tolerance, acceptance and, yes, pride.

Why Pride?
Because somewhere
a child is a heron
in a sea of salmon
who encourage them
to convert wings 
into fins.

Fish cannot teach
a bird to take flight.
So every June we flock 
to the heavens
to remind them the sky
was never a sin.

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Credits:
Poem: Why Pride © Danielle Coffyn
Graphic:  pexel - Steve A Johnson
Third Thursday blog posters: Kat at As Kat Knits, Bonnie at Highly Reasonable, and Kym at Dancing at the Edge