Just Like Everybody Else

"~" indicates a change in stanza

We are

Trans.

And

We are

Here

And

We are

Real.

We are

People,

Of this earth,

Just like.

Everybody else.

~

And

We need,

To be

Seen.

And

We need,

To be

Heard.

And

We need,

To be

Visible.

To the world,

As

Who we are.

Not just,

What the media

Says.

Not just,

What is shown

In the news.

~

We need,

To be

Out,

We need,

To be

Proud.

~

We need,

To let

The world

Know that,

We are

Exactly,

Who

We say

We are.

~

But,

We also need,

To be safe.

~

We sacrifice

So much,

For others.

For acceptance.

We hide.

We pretend.

We modify

Our bodies.

Somethings,

More than

We would like.

~

We

Suck it up.

And go by

The wrong name,

Or

By Pronouns

That,

Don’t fit us

Just right.

Or just by,

A single set.

When,

We crave multiple

To feel whole.

~

Just to keep,

YOU

Happy.

To make

It easier,

For

YOU.

~

But enough

Is enough!

~

Our voices,

Need

To be heard!

You

Need to listen!

To

What

We,

Have to say.

~

To what

We,

Need you

To hear,

~

We are not

Wrong.

We are not

Confused.

We are not

Rapists.

We are not

Looking

For attention,

And,

We are not,

Trying,

To cheat

At sports.

~

We are,

Exactly.

Who.

We say.

We are.

~

We are

Humans.

~

No more,

No less.

~

And,

We deserve

Respect.

And,

We deserve

Love.

~

Just like

Everybody

Else.

For,

We are.

Just

Like,

Everybody

Else.

~

Now,

Raise your flag.

Blue

Pink,

White,

Pink

Blue.

~

And,

Let us

March foreword.

Into

A world.

We can be,

Us.

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