Everyday Is, Like Hallowe'en

You may think

I'm certifiably nuts

In writing this

But it's the truth

For the transcommunity.

 

Every day

We get dressed up

In a costume

Which society views

As appropriate

For our physical gender.

 

Never realizing

We're in disguise

Hiding our true self

Out of fear

And self-protection.

 

Especially

When our bodies

Don't match

Our real gender.

 

Dodging Trolls

And other vile creatures

Which haunt the land

On their daily hunts

Of mayhem.

 

Dreaming

Of this annual day

When everyone else

Is costume clad.

 

Allowing us

To step forth

And share

Our true self.

Author's Note

Will admit, I was a huge fan of Ministry, during the mid-late 1980s, while, in high school.