Open your eyes

First they came for the unsupported students and I did not speak out because I don’t need to choose between education and food.

Then they came for the modest dressers and I did not speak out because I won’t get stopped and searched for carrying a backpack.

Then they came for the lesbian porn makers and I did not speak out because my sexual tastes are mainstream and easy to indulge.

Then they came for the trans athletes and I did not speak out, because I can have an authentic life as well as dreams.  

Then they came for the climate activists and I did not speak out, because I don’t care enough to sit on a motorway.

Then they came for the desperate and I did not speak out, because I was born here and France is a safe country too.

Then they came for the genetically corrected and I did not speak out because I can already use the women’s bathroom. 

Now they’ve came for the aspiring citizens and I won’t speak out because I don’t need to pay into this economy for twenty years before I can call it my own. 

Eventually they’ll come for me.  

You know the rest.  It’s happened before.

The erosion of rights is always an us problem.  Open your eyes.