White,

Pink,

Blue,

Black.

 

Child,

Woman,

Man,

Black.

 

Each one with its colour

Each one with its own way.

But there is colour that is sorrow

And your sorrow condemns me.

 

Wear blue I do not want,

Pink I think it’s not my way.

I used white and black

Living like this was my karma.

 

Equality, respect

Right to be who I am.

Use the colour I want

And to be accepted by them.

 

I come to claim you

That disrespects me,

Do not accept.

I can be blood from your blood.

But the church rejects me.

 

I was devalued,

Homosexual, transvestite.

I'm just like you

Death, I already felt it.

 

I shout, I cry out of respect

May all accept me.

I am a human being,

I have feeling.

Do not feel sorry for me.

 

Poem composed by educator Roseli Lemonie

Chico Mendes Rural State School – Quedas do Iguaçu – Paraná.

Seminar: November 24-26, 2016.

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