A Colorful Fight- Speech Poems

Orlando by Angela Bridgman

They fermented hate for years,
Now give us crocodile tears.
But they care not
For my sisters and brothers
My family, just "others".

Nine and forty souls were lost
My transgender heart tempest-tossed
Their gentle souls
Cut down by a gunman's hate.
They did not deserve their fate.

Carry On, we will and must.
We will fight for what is just.
Sadness today.
But one day our hearts will sing,
While they soar on an angel's wing.