{"sf1_id":2149253,"sf2_id":"rn955z5n","title":"The Canary Out From Hell’s Coal Mine","author":"Apolarbear17","words":345,"posted_at":"2024-06-27T19:43:05.000Z","tags":["Canary","Death","LGBTQ+","Metaphor","Poetry","Rebirth","Tragedy","Unheard Warnings","defense","venting"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2149253-the-canary-out-from-hell-s-coal-mine","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn955z5n","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c5/ed/c5edaa27-6e76-4dfd-9b46-8cac7aa4be7d","description":"A poem that coincidentally fits well with it being pride month. I didn’t write it during pride month but rather later in the year at a time when I felt drained of most other emotions but rage. This is a vent piece originally posted in November 2022.","content":"The Canary Out From Hell’s Coal Mine\u0026nbsp; \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nThere used to be a canary in the coal mine that kept trying to warn us all of danger\n\n \n\nIt kept waiting for someone to hear it and free it but no reprieve came from even a stranger\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt just waited and waited but there wasn’t enough empathy or love left to get someone bold to care\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt has been dead for a number of years now with its soul stuck drifting down there\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nHoping that people may finally fully realize it’s death and bring it back from the depths of hell\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThe hell that they let it sink into but maybe with it back and warnings heeded things could again be well\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nYet they continue to ignore the dangers and not listen and the canary notices it’s feathers glisten\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nGlistening in rainbow and fiery red, it’s colors now meant to reflect the feared, hated and dead\n\n \n\nIt carries the colors of all that it tried protect with it’s warnings from those who never listen\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt has now a variety of colors of all those it couldn’t be enough for\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt has sprung out of hell by itself in remembrance of the fallen and broken by this morality war\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nA foolish war that is started and maintained by those who cling in maliciousness to their ways\n\n \n\nWays that are out of touch and harmful and the hate exhibited for not participating in them never ceases to amaze\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThe canary tried to warn of them and the harm they would bring\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nWasn’t taken seriously enough so with a vengeance it’s back with new power in body and wings\n\n \n\nHaving run out of patience and with renewed purpose burning bright\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt is no longer a bird of warning but now an infernal warrior with rage that cuts through night\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt will defend itself and exist with a passion reborn\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt cares not what you think of it so it give it a wide berth and let it in this time rage and mourn\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;"}