Today I mourn
Today I mourn my fallen siblings
Killed by the hate that kept them trapped
In a world not kind
To those whose genders come from beyond
What cruel folks call
"Normal human"
Today I mourn
For my trans siblings
Who failed to meet
Cis comprehension
Whose lives were taken
In acts of hate
Today I mourn trans siblings killed
By those with whom
They tried to share
Their hearts, their love
Today I mourn
Those trans siblings lost
To their own hands
And to a violence
Made by the hate
Of a world
That refused to understand
And bullied them
'Till they could not stand
Another night, another day
Of ceaseless senseless pain
Today I mourn
Today I mourn
Today I mourn
But I will not forget
The light that my trans siblings brought
To this, our world
Today I mourn
But take what strength I have
And battle on against that tide
Of fearful retribution
With my fire
I will turn that tide
To a glowing mist
Of kaleidoscopic and multitudinous glory
Of gender claimed
And fought so hard for
I will try to share
With all who'll listen
My tale of struggle
That is not mine alone
This valiant struggle to set all
Whose gender strays
From what's expected
Free at last
So that this list of the dead that grows
Each passing year
Will one day end
And all human lives can be lived
In freedom and in peace
So that all humanity
Can live unchained
In celebration of one another's glory
Today I mourn
But I will not forget
To do my part
To fix this world
So that none shall mourn
Like this again
Today I mourn
Those lights who shined
But all too briefly
Today I mourn
My trans siblings
Whose souls fell like autumn's leaves
Sinking to cover
The graves of the lost
Today I mourn
But my hope grows
Out of the pain
And into the light
Today I mourn
Today I mourn
Today I mourn
But I will not cease to fight
Today I mourn
And today I remember
All of my siblings killed
Because they were transgender
