Harmony

Valedus 
You complete me. You're my oxygen. I'm not whole without you there. No problem can sink me. No person can drown me. You give me all I need to be at peace with life, with myself, with everything I've been through, with everything I will suffer through in the future. For most people, peace is a state of being. Something achievable, within their grasp, when the hide tide calms and the waves ease against the shore. But we both know that for us, peace is an abstract concept, something we haven't tasted since we've been alive and conscious in this world. Our heads pose the single greatest threat to ourselves, as it twisted and broke beneath the weight of our lives. But with you, you could calm me, and I could calm you. We did what no one could ever do-- we broke through years of torment and learned behavior. We observed and took note of them, of how their abuse, their pain and their suffering had formed them. And we decided we had found the one we wanted to be with forever. Whether anyone hated us, hated the idea of us, whether they hated the principle of us being together was irrelevant to us. You've kept me alive for years-- you've been by my side, you've kept me together, as I have for you. But when you had to leave, three months ago, and still haven't returned by my side for...who knows how long, I thought I would break. I thought I would crumble.

But we realized, I realized, even as the time passes without you, the mere fact you love me, and I love you, is enough to to give me peace of mind, to calm my fears, because in the end, all I need is you. I realized that being together didn't mean constantly talking, constantly being around each other. I realized love wasn't a conditional thing, where if we were split apart by any means, we would move on, slowly, surely. I realized that true love meant nothing could separate us-- abuse, trauma, distance, social norms, sexuality, religion, faith, beliefs, nothing. I realized what love really was. You helped me get there. You helped me see what it meant to be loved, and to love back.

And that's why I'm proud to say that I love you. I'm proud to say there is no me without you.

Our harmony is my pride. Our harmony is my peace. 

I love you.

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Hey guys! I haven't uploaded in a while aoshdfioshpgoloj This piece took like, actually over 60 hours to make? I really put my heart and soul into it hh. <3

I was honored to be invited by the amazing Heidi and the DeviantArt community to take a part in the Pride Month event. If you haven't checked it out, you should, however there's basically a couple of hours left so if you haven't done something, hurry! Time is running out <3 

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So you might be wondering: What does pride mean to me?

Pride means a lot to me, far past any kind of true definition. As a bisexual woman of color, I grew up with a lot of intolerance to...well...finding any kind of love in general that didn't fit up to my society's expectation. My partner needed to be male, had to be middle eastern or american, he had to be smart, rich, handsome, no mental problems, perfect life, he had to be christian (which I'm not), he had to be everything my culture and family wanted him to be. Even if I fight, struggle, resist against my family, even if they've harmed me far past repair, far past anything in which could make up for it, they still thought it was within -their- right to choose my lover. Their right as my parents, or as a religious figure, or as a family member. They told me, if I married someone without them approving of him, no one would come to my wedding, support me through the relationship, pay anything for me. I was told a child who didn't care about what their parents wanted wasn't a child they were proud to keep. If I chose to love someone they didn't like, I wasn't their daughter anymore.

Needless to say, I guess I'm technically an orphan? Heh. <3

Do I regret, for a single second, my decision? 

Nope. <3

And this choice ended up saving my life, as my lovely partner has been the single thing that has kept me alive throughout everything I've been through in the past couple of years. 

Pride is so much more than just saying anyone can love anyone. It's so much more than just "accepting" that gender and sexuality constructs are stupid. It's so much more than just saying "I love gay people!" It's so much more than that.

Pride saves lives. It gives people like me hope. Whether gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, straight, asexual, polyamorous, monogynous, whatever someone is, it is their right and their choice to love whom they want and marry who they want. Love is the single most powerful thing I have ever experienced. It's more than just a "feeling". My partner is more than just a lover. They're my savior. My only light in this world. If it wasn't for this person, I wouldn't be here.

So who cares what someone identifies as? Who cares if someone is a male, or a female, who cares if someone is non-binary, who cares if they abide by any type of sexuality, or maybe none at all! The ability to love someone is a human right, and under no circumstance should anyone be made to feel like they can only love someone within constraints imposed on them by society.

We love who we want.

We marry who we want. 

It's our right as human beings.

It's our pride as human beings.

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