"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
Winston Churchill (June 4, 1940, speech to Parliament, in London, England)
The war has started
With your firing
The opening salvos
In the North Caroline Legislature
By passing ignorant based
HB2 legislation.
And now
This.
The revoking
Of President Obama's
Presidential decree
Allowing a trans-person
To use the washroom
Of their chosen gender.
Never thought
I would be saying
Or writing
These words:
"Thank you
President Trump."
For your words
And actions
Have united.
A diverse
And fractured community
As one.
Against you.
As we girth up
For the coming battles
Once more
"Manning" the front line.
Like we did
At the Compton's Cafeteria riots
In San Francisco (August 1966).
Or
The Stonewall Riots
That started
On June 28, 1968.
Except
This time
We will be remembered
By history
For our actions.
In refusing
The Gay and Lesbian communities
To speak for us
Like before.
Advancing
The civil and human rights
Of all.
Therisa © 2017
Author's note: The following is, an example of the growing anger, against President Trump., within the trans-community: https://ca.
