The Parade For Pride

This is a new one for the After The Parade Vocal Challenge.

While being part of Pride celebrations is a wonderfully inclusive feeling we still face rampant homophobia, misogyny and racism.

This is a villanelle about the situation when we leave our loving and inclusive party and are once more alone in the world.

🌈I've included the beautiful sparse version of "Over The Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 🏳️‍🌈

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I Was There In The Parade For Pride

I Was There With With Many Loving Friends

We Were There To Be On The Right Side

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At Home Alone And I’m Scared Inside

The Homophobes Must Fail In The End

I Was There In The Parade For Pride

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At Home Alone Again We Have Tried

To Bring Us All Together Like Friends

We Were There To Be On The Right Side

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At Home Alone Saw The News And Cried

The Hate Is There And There Seems No End

I Was There In The Parade For Pride

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At Home Alone We Will Take Our Strides

To Put Things Right, We Will Not Pretend

We Were There To Be On The Right Side

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We Will Stand Up For All That Is Right

Hold Our Hands We Are Always Your Friends

I Was There In The Parade For Pride

We Were There To Be On The Right Side

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