Stand tall Stand proud They tell us But how can we stand at all? When we have been beaten And broken And stripped of our identities. The past is not Just the past It is our fears And our memories.
This is a fight For basic human rights And we will not surrender. Because love Is about love And not about Gender.
We have to break this cycle The cycle of hate And the cycle of oppression Because too many people Have fallen victim To depression.
Love is blind Which makes society deaf Unable to hear the pleas Of the people who would rather Choose death Than live in fear In fear of being who they are.
So stand up for what is right Stand up for those who Cannot stand for themselves Those who feel they have No voice. What society must learn is that:
I felt everything.* Everything was all at once. Heart drops Stomach in knots Now I'm screaming Yet my vocals can't escape I look at my hands veins popping out they begin to shake I look into the mirror Face is blank But I'm filled with terror My head is spinning I feel the lights dimming When will this anxiety fade?