mutations.

You've changed,

Both of you.

Mutations.

Sinister, you slide into

Conversations, every day

Situations, alive

You're fighting to be conscious

To be heard.

She can always hear you,

Louder louder louder

Sly and quick,

Snatching that last word

One, grows deeper

Groaning, crunching gravel

Bone is wearing away

You will be free

You won't be tamed

You will violate

Dark stubble grates

The other, ceaseless

A spring in your step

You aggravate

Wind her up and up

Then, snap

Elastic torn, springs back

Steady face of trust

Humiliated

Efforts, wasted

Bridges torched in haste

And your wicked grin

Coarse tones, scratching whispers

Dirty fingernails

Picking, picking

At her skin,

That frail border between

Mind and matter

Madness, love

Twisting boundaries out of shape

She can't make sense of things

The familiar, lost

Subdued under brittle voices

No longer company

You've slipped into a minor key

And the melody is fading

Certainty, fading

Sanity, fading

She's gone.

leelah alcorn.

suits and ties
how time flies
my mother cries.

self-presentation
essential, for
self-preservation
how do I stress
the absolute importance
of both, in this world

that demands normality
and conformity of us
when, these children inside
are screaming just to
be themselves

blue shirts, dresses in pink
blood stains a kitchen sink
generations on the brink

let us be who we are
we mean no harm
tell me, in what way
do our appearances
threaten the balance
of society's composure

shouldn't you be more concerned by
the choices we make
our character traits
our mental states
careful,
your fear is showing
too little, too late

for those, in their truest forms
trying to stand tall,
thrown to the floor
shunned and ignored
now, no more.

no more.

try and understand,
we all reside on a spectrum
a shining variety
striving for equality
a chorus of
'why can't you just accept me'
just listen.

let us be who we are
celebrate our beating hearts
before you drive us all to harm,
force our hearts to calm

keep discriminating difference
and there will be
no one
left.