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,
