A Day To Mark Ignorance, Of Others (May 17, 2016)

Know

I am

A Technicolour dreamer

For believing.

One day

Homophobia transphobia

And biphobia

Will end.

Having

On more than

One occasion

Been on

The receiving end

Of ignorance filled hate.

But

I have to.

Otherwise

My bitter tears

Of sorrow

Will never end.

As I reflect

Upon my memories

Of brutality

That I've survived.

Unlike those

Who's names

Are called out

On Day of Trans-Remembrance.

Hoping

They have found

What was denied

To them

In their lifetime.

Rest

My brothers

And sisters.

For your suffering

Will never be

Forgotten.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note: Written for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. In hoping, each year, is the last year, we have to mark this,