I Hate Social Media

 I call this one I hate social media (particularly threads today). The sheer amount of transphobic comments and ideology on there today is insane. Worldwide we are on stage 4 of the 10 stages of genocide dehumanisation and propaganda about trans people and as a trans person it is hard not to be scared. 

In the shadows of digital corridors, 

Whispers grow to roars— 

Faceless screens spit venom, 

Fangs of words 

Sharp enough to carve identities.

Dehumanisation blooms 

Like dark roses in the garden of hate— 

Propaganda, the gardener, 

Weaving lies into the roots, 

Fertilizing fear, 

Cultivating otherness, 

Until we forget to see 

Each other’s humanity.

Click— 

Scroll— 

Share— 

Repeat— 

Threads of narratives 

Entwined in the fabric 

Of our virtual lives, 

Spreading poison 

Like wildfire on a summer's day, 

Igniting minds 

With prejudice.

The trans soul 

Caught in the inferno, 

Burning in the glare 

Of a thousand cruel eyes, 

Reduced to an echo 

Of its own existence, 

A shadow lost 

In the maze of misinformation.

Oh, the pain of seeing yourself 

Twisted, 

Contorted, 

Into a monster 

By those who refuse 

To look into your eyes, 

To see the colors of your heart, 

To understand that we all bleed 

The same crimson hue.

In the silence of understanding, 

In the embrace of empathy, 

We can weave 

A tapestry of truth, 

Mending the rips 

That tear us apart— 

One thread 

Of love 

At a time.

I'm going to be posting threads of love on my threads to try drown some of it out!

Love and solidarity, 

Aspen Greenwood