A Grim Reality

A reality, too many Transpeople have to face.

Condemned

And ridiculed

By society.

For being

True

To ourselves.

As we bottle up

These negative emotions

Within ourselves

Like a volcano

Readying to explode.

Scared

To share

With others

Our experiences.

Until

That tipping point

Is reach.

As we grasp

For whatever

Will end

This sorrow.

Permanently.

While

The tears

Continue to fall

Down our cheeks.

With every new death

Of a conflicted soul

Seeking inner peace

From this

Living HELL.

Wanting to believe

The previous death

Was the last one

As we read out

The names

On November 20th.

Marking

Another year

We're forced to hold

Trans Day of Remembrance.

Author's Note

Too many times, I have found myself, facing this reality, only to back away, from the suicide attempt. I wish I had a solution, to building crisis, but I don't.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sometimes there seems to be no solutions....when being who we are is so jaundiced by society...
but i feel that we need to be who we are with no inhibitions and screw anyone who doesn't like it...

"nobody puts baby in a corner" and "nobody puts anyone in a closet to suffer silently for who they are"

as for the suicide attempt, and backing away....been there, stopped in the middle of it.
still not sure why i got that far, or what brought me back from the edge.

[therisa]

Jacob, I wish I had your attitude, it would make facing these situations, so much easier. Its scary, when we find ourselves, out on the ledge, and don't know why, we have stopped, at this point. My last attempt, will be 4 years, this weekend. Still don't know why I stop from an OD, on my diabetic medication.