THE THEM

so now what? it happened, he's in and we're out. or are we?

what if solidarity didn't cost your lifestyle, risks that got us in a permanent pothole?

would you, person in the USA's military walk out with your fellow soldiers, same folks you trained with, trusted? I don't think you will or would.

what if we all stood up for a family member who is not a "HE" or a "SHE" rather "THEY" and lost all of our social status with friends, perhaps a few conservative family members? would you?

what about your job? do you stand up, with or watch silently as they are suppressed?

where do the they in the we the people go to love, exercise their rights to pursue the freedom of happiness in peace?

i do not know the answers: i do understand fear, the radicalization of gender identity being targeted by one vile man- why do i care?

how a person identifies with gender is not the "government's" business

unfolding before us is a war on ethics, equality, and all the goodness in US

~ who are we without them? ~