For Leelah Alcorn

Leelah Leelah For the way your name Gives my mouth permission to sing and smile Leelah I will call you a girl A she I will sew a dress in your honor I am sorry you had no place you felt comfortable Falling your shoulders Humming your butterfly of a name Fingering your path through this sand of a world What an ending to the beginning of your life Your life Yours I will listen As tribute to you I will care I will cry I will fling these useless tears to sky I will why for you I will how come in your stead I will pull hair and hold heart for you For you and the next boy or girl Who feels trapped in this box of an earth Judgements too rigid Rules too tightroped to tippy toe Leelah, sweet Leelah Rest, Leelah Fly