A Cause To Rejoice

Why does hatred bloom where two lovers stand vowing only to cherish each other forever? When it is love and hope that brought them together, why do hoards of people want their union banned? Just because it is a love they cannot understand? Does it somehow make their lives a little bit better keeping different drummers from marrying ever? And here I thought we lived in a free land. Why must we put restrictions on how people love? Why does homosexuality scare people so? Consenting adults should be allowed their own choice. I’ll leave moral judgment to the heavens above, but this is one thing that I certainly now know - a union of any two lovers is a cause to rejoice. Written and posted on 4/29/2014 for Craig Conrish's "Miltonic Sonnet" contest.