A Right to be Loved
Right to free speech
Right to bear arms
Right to vote
What about the right to be loved?
The right to feel love
and compassion and respect,
a connection to another human.
Isn’t this the most basic human right of all?
You are worthy of love.
You deserve love.
As you give love, you should receive it.
All of us have a right to be loved.
Do not submit to those
who demand your love
but deny your love in return.
You have a right to love,
a right to respect
a right to feel human and beautiful and full.
Demand your rights.
(2013)
