First They Came For…

Adapted from the poem by Martin Niemoller “Firts They Came for the Jews” in response to the poem “Danger of silence.”

First they came for the Negros

and I did not speak out

because I was not a Negro

Then they came for the Muslims

and I did not speak out

because I was not a homosexual

Then they came for the transgenders

and I did not speak out

because I was not a transgender

Now when will they come for me

because I was too busy or too apathetic

to defend my sisters and brothers?