A Litany (A Place to Stand) - Youth Code

There will come a day when our children’s children will have to atone for the

precedent set in this day and age

This time now, where the rights and freedoms of our own bodies are governed by

individuals seething with hatred in their hearts

This era where the callous ignorance of sheltered thought dictates matters

Where women are objectified and denied the ability to control their own bodies

Where two people in love are not able to marry and be looked upon with civility

by their fellow citizens

Where the gender that an individual identifies with is disregarded and

chastised by people born in a body they feel satisfied in

The world we exist in denies us the right to live happily

We are continuously spoken for by voices not our own

The age is upon us, where we stop mandating what rights other do with their

free bodies

Where we stop looking upon others as if they were just bags of discard-worthy

flesh

Where we stop the senseless ignorances and injustices, starting in our diets

and ending in our decisions

We are above and far more compassionate than the voiceless beast

We are better that to let anything exist without its decisions made for itself

The time is now

Speak against cruelty in all living things

Act against hatred

Stare narrow-mindedness in the face without fear of consequence

We all have a limited time of existence

We must do our part to stand together and promote a world where inequalities

cease to exist

We owe it to ourselves, if not the children ahead of us in our own lives

Homophobia, sexism, misogyny, transphobia, racism, animal cruelty,

and overall inconsideracy to life on this planet must be put to an end