Lawful Love

Not long ago,

my marriage,

it never could be.

Just decades past,

not centuries,

in this land of the free.

Unbelievable

though undeniable,

our shameful history.

Where skin color dictated

with whom one could be.

Just as then,

today celebrates

monumental liberties.

Battles hard fought

and won

for future progeny.

Discrimination eliminated?

Not even close,

Will it ever be?

Yet still, we must rejoice!

in this furthering

of marriage equality.

Sierra Kummings (c) 2015