Category: Community

I have been

resigned to this

for decades

But quality lies

in the heart

and the mind

not on the skin

Your proclamation

of love and support

for transfolk

rings as hollow

as hollow can be

Three days

then I can sleep

for a weekend

With any luck

or perhaps skill

meaning is transferred

from me to you

and learning

emerges

Our vision

of equality

includes all

Isn’t that

how it

should be?

Why is there

no reaching out

symbolic

or otherwise

…but concrete

would be better…

towards this

vision?

Words

to the people

in our behalf

would assure us

but seldom

oh, so seldom

reach out

in our direction

How many years

must pass?

How many miles

must be traveled?

When will you

be willing?

Maybe today?

No

not today

not tomorrow

but someday soon

And the old

body creaks

as it stirs

racked by the pains

and scars

of years

of disappointment

The old person

waits

and the chair squeaks

as it deteriorates

worn through

by the salty tears

shed

through the long dark times

the painful years

the debilitating decades

of waiting

Maybe today?

Our children

deserve better

from this culture

as much love

as we can give

as their biological

or adoptive parents

and as much love

as you can spare

from your humanity

if you have any

Lives consumed

as so much chum

to the hatred

Promises are always made

to come back

to rectify the wrongs

but the train

by its nature

always moves forward

Happiness denied

in the name

of progress

Happiness is

when you really feel

good about somebody

Nothing wrong

with being in love

with somebody

Happiness is

having the choices

and making them

to spread more happiness