We are the motley colored crew
having taken generation after generation
and search after search
so many years
to gather here today

we represent all heritages, all families
all broken lineages and lost stories
all sufferings, denials, attempts at annihilation
and eternal quests for freedom

we are philipino
we date back to the nordic
we are related to the holocaust
our european grandmothers were silenced at stakes
our  hiv brothers died so they could love
in africa our family has starved

and we are still living
and we are still yearning
as we seek each other out
and unite across all our freak-fested differences
that we love, that we celebrate

and we do the work to overcome the next boundaries
those that say how we should express our innermost essence
and who we should love

and we try to remember
the language of the land
so that we may love her
so that we may finally take care of ourselves and each other

so that we may go home.

this has never happened before.