I can't even tell you

How much you are 

Hurting

How much

You are

Endangering

How much 

You are 

Angering

Us.

We are human beings

Who feel pain

And need things

Who are threatened

And abused

And settle

Repeatedly 

For 

So

Little.

Not because 

We are happy to

But because

We are forced.

We have 

No 

Damn choice.

No agency

No power.

We are

At the mercy

Of others

Just hoping

That we will be

Afforded dignity.

What you can't see

Is us finding community

It's adapting beautifully

It's overcoming

Your shit

Repeatedly.

Because we'll adapt

We'll keep coming back,

And calling you out,

Try to hold us back.

You can't break us.

We are here.

We are always

Going to be 

Right

Damn

Here.