What Multiracial Marginalization Taught Me About the Struggles of the LGBTQ+ Community

I grew up caught between the streams,

In spaces where I didn’t fit,

Told I wasn’t what I seemed,

And felt the entire weight of it.

My name too foreign, my face too strange,

A life that others can’t define,

In rooms where judgments rarely change,

They’d cast me out and draw the line.

The media painted me in gray,

Their stories left me feeling small,

A soul who never had a say,

A voice not heard, if heard at all.

Yet, as I fought to claim my place,

I saw another fight in view,

For those whose love knows no set face,

Whose path feels distant and different, too.

The pain of being pushed aside,

Of having truth misunderstood,

I felt it deeply and it hurt my pride,

A deep pain that didn't feel good.

And so, I stand with you today,

In all your strength, in all your grace,

We should join forces and light the way,

To make sure no one is boxed into a narrow space.

Together, let's break these walls and chains,

For love and truth are what remain,

Empathy blooms, and in its reign,

We’ll rise and ease each other’s pain.