LIFE

HEALING
SUNLIGHT
NATURE
ART
HARMONY
 The Ones Wholl Fight
-- Dominica Savant-Bunch --

I walk as they stare. Suicide is the second highest cause of death for kids 10
Head held high, as they glare down. to 24 years old.
I hold my flag above, The rates are four times higher for kids in the gay
Feigning confidence, community.
Above the stares of hatred, Its even higher for transgender children.
Disappointment, And theyre the ones who are scared?
Shock. Are they scared of me?
I feel their eyes on my back, but I look around and see A five foot tall white girl who just wants love and be
others like me. loved?
Waving their flags,
Holding hands, No.
Being true, and strong. Theyre scared of the ones wholl fight.
Of the Marsha P. Johnsons and the Sylvia Riveras.
I wish for a day that I could hold that hand of the girl I Of the ones wholl throw the first bottles and the last
love. punches.
I have been blessed, Of the Harvey Milks and Keith Harings.
Because I only have to worry about They should be afraid of the ones who they know will
The stares I get, stop them.
Instead having to stare down the barrel of a gun.
Again, Ive been blessed to live in a tolerant state, I hate hiding my love,
But thats all it is. My life,
Tolerant. And who I am.
The first time I realized this hatred existed, I hate that I have to stay a secret,
I was trying to hold my fathers hands. Just to stay safe.
I just wanted to hold their hands.
My step-father pulled his hand from mine and shied away. Im taking a stand.
He acted as if he didnt even know us. For me,
When I asked why, For those like me,
My father said: And I will fight.
Sometimes people dont like our love. So when they For all of us.
see us, they get scared and do bad things. Maybe they arent afraid of a five foot tall white girl.
But they should be.

They get scared? I will be the next Harvey Milk.

They, who rape, maim and kill us? I will be the next Marsha P. Johnson.
The Pulse Nightclub shooting was the worst massacre I will be the next Keith Haring.
on U.S. soil since 9/11. I will be the next Sylvia Rivera.
20% of hate crimes committed since 2014 are based on No...
gender and sexual orientation. No I wont be the next anyone.
And those are just the ones that were reported. I will be the first me.