Sonnet
On June 12, 2016 Lin Manuel Miranda accepted a Tony award with this sonnet, which he wrote after the shooting at Pulse, the Orlando night club. Anyone who has heard Miranda’s speech remembers the famous line: love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love. During gay pride month and always, we celebrate and stand with our LGBTQ friends, family, colleagues, and loved ones.
Sonnet
by Lin Manuel Miranda
My wife's the reason anything gets done
She nudges me towards promise by degrees
She is a perfect symphony of one
Our son is her most beautiful reprise.
We chase the melodies that seem to find us
Until they're finished songs and start to play
When senseless acts of tragedy remind us
That nothing here is promised, not one day.
This show is proof that history remembers
We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger,
We rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer
And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside.
I sing Vanessa's symphony, Eliza tells her story
Now fill the world with music, love and pride.
