I AM ME
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I’m not the colour of my skin,
I’m not the body I live in,
I’m not the colour of my hair,
I’m not the clothes I choose to wear.
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I have feelings just like you,
I laugh, I cry, other emotions too.
I want to be valued in society,
I’m Transgender, non-binary.
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I’m not a thing, an “it” or freak,
I hide myself from view all week.
I hide behind closed curtains, doors,
My heels clip clopping on my floors.
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I want to walk the streets, be free,
To shop for clothes and bling you see.
Yet I don’t even, have a right to pee.
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You think scandal is “Watergate”
The biggest one is that of hate,
It’s a crime, plain yet true,
I’ve been beaten, raped – that too.
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I live in fear of “coming out”,
The barrage of abuse from the local lout,
I’d like to go to work as me,
Not that simple – no policy.
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A policy will not help to protect me,
You as a person can you see,
Support each other, together we can,
Get past this thing of Woman/Man.
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The thought I would lose my kids, my wife,
I even thought to end my life,
I’ve hid and lied, I don’t exist,
It’s easier for you, being cis.
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Transgender is not a disease,
it’s true I cannot pass it on to you,
Don’t be afraid to sit next to me,
To chat or make an enquiry.
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My name is Juliette,
my pronouns are her and she,
proud to be Transgender,
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I am me
Edited by Julie Miller, friend of Juliette
