My Name

You don’t hear my name Even though I tell you, brave I stand before the bigots: Please let a single fossil rule cave And that I would even find the care To tell you of the night in my mind That buries me even in daylight You could see how acceptance is kind Shine, a name that reflects the light The truth about my hidden soul Something you never knew But will learn does make me whole You don’t hear the name I choose Because, perhaps, you think you lose The child that you raised to be But believe and know I still am me