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To The Transgender Suicides

You will never know

The peace of acceptance

Once you are finished

Put to earth

Life was harsher than the dirt

Parents made you feel worthless

Cause you wanted to wear a short dress

Because you felt different

Cut off

Disowned

Disavowed

One friend after another disappears

And no one hears

The sobs

No one feels the salty tears

No one holds your hands

Or offers you a hug

 

You were ******

By the those who demand

You conform

Where there was no  warmth

The clock cuts you bitterly

Condemning you to be lonely

And I cry all the more

Knowing you won’t be the only one

Not the only daughter wanting to be a son

Not the only male that wants to be female

Not the only soft face harden

Or hard face softened till the sorrow overflows

Till everyone you know closes the door

And you disappear forever more

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Written by
graff1980
43 / M
Published
Jul 16, 2015
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Notes

I wrote this in December.

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#suicide#transgender
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