To Hide Beyond These Walls

They cannot know. They cannot see

I am the embodiment of all they don't understand

Unwilling to look beyond normal capacity and inflexible rigidity

I am not the plague you think I am

I am not exploiting all that you're afraid of

You stow away in the captain's quarters, fearful of the approaching typhoon

I join the vengeful storm with nothing but my own rage

I am not alone but I tread these torrid waters on my own

We are plentiful but walk our own paths, holding our own hands

The shadows are obscure but so are we

It's easier to lurk in the darkness away from solidarity

Not much unites us except how mistreated we are

How ignorant everyone else is to our plights, to our infinite struggles

I am imprisoned in these shackles while these prison walls keep me confined

I don't fear the dark, I fear the rattle of the locked door

I fear the misuse of power against me

I will no longer be the me I once was

I remain in the echoes of all the broken before me

All the queer and radical, unusual parts of me that have no voice

"I have no mouth and I must scream!"

Untypical, not rational, unneccessary

I am the deviant part in the master code

I lay in my corner, watchful for those who mean me harm

It's like life is no different here than outside in the harsh and bitter world

Judged for daring to be different, for being me

I am the rarity in this sinful struggle

I am the antidote I did not know I had

This is my manifesto, my call to arms

My voice that is silenced amongst the straight and narrow

What are you so afraid of? Me?

This system will not be the death of me

You will not take this precious life from me

I have yet to accomplish universal wonders

I have yet to begin again

I welcome all who are wander but are not lost

We can take back our identities one piece at a time

We can reclaim ourselves and ascend the throne again

I am Pharoah, I am Caesar

I am the tsarina, I am the empress

I am the monarch and I am the silent prayer

I am alone in my prison cell again

I am alone but not for long

I am the anomaly but so are you

We are here, we are now

We were always here, we are ready now