{"sf1_id":1833456,"sf2_id":"lmXXPq0m","title":"They Deserved Better","author":"Apolarbear17","words":395,"posted_at":"2022-03-24T01:27:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Heavy Subjects","Poetry","Trans People Matter Always","Transgender Day of Remembrance"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1833456-they-deserved-better","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/lmXXPq0m","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/81/44/81445339-4ce7-48c5-8757-62eef21df02d","description":"Wrote this for Transgender Day of Remembrance back in 2020. Given all that's going in the world I think it's just as important if not more so to carry this message and take time to remember those lost to senseless murders. I reiterate what I said when I first wrote this, cherish the living. Originally written and posted November 20th 2020.","content":"They Deserved Better\n\n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\n\n  \n\nThey deserved so much better\n\nThe trans people who've passed along the way\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe trans people who have come and gone even so close as just yesterday\n\nToday we remember them and the strength that they had\n\nThere's so many out there who shouldn't have to feel so bad\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe friends and family that mourn when it shouldn't have to be this way\n\nThey deserved to be happy, they deserved to feel loved\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey didn't deserve the bullying and abuse from those who feel they were above\n\nThere's just too many people who won't let anyone trans just be\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhich leads to too many to feel like there's nothing worthwhile in them that they can see\n\nAll they want is acceptance but they usually receive society's scorn\n\nAll while some only love them when they provide good porn\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut they deserve better, they deserve so much more\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey were all loveworthy human beings who should get more than somber remembrance only after they reach death's door\n\nThey deserved truly accepting, loving families\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey deserved warm, caring friends\n\nIt's just not fair their lives came to such abrupt ends\n\nOf course there's so much that could do someone especially a trans person in\u0026nbsp;\n\nTheir lives seem to be shorter thanks to the unfair conditions they're given\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's unfair that to be who they are they're put through so much\n\nBut despite it all they don't simply settle for misery and such\n\nMany continue to live and thrive\n\nThough sadly there are those who just couldn't survive\n\nWhether it was by their own forced hands or thanks to petty hatred too disturbingly well known\u0026nbsp;\n\nToday we mourn their tragic losses and feel regret for their too early gravestones\n\nWe failed them and for them we should have done more\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey deserved to be here now but we all know that's not possible anymore\n\nSo I guess the next best thing is to celebrate the trans people who are still here\n\nIf you're trans know that you're valid, you're loved and you don't deserve to live in fear\u0026nbsp;\n\nWe should be doing so much better by you and, maybe someday we will\n\nProgress has been slow and difficult but we're certainly climbing that uphill\n\nHopefully someday we'll reach a point where acceptance and love can be achieved and it'll all be chil\n\n  \n  \n\n"}