It's a struggle, every day. By what some people say,
I am a wrongdoer. I am a mistake.
I am not meant to be.
Boys should love girls, and girls should love boys.
That how some say things are meant to be.
What does that make me?
Where men should only steal glances at women
and women must gaze fervently at men
I am enraptured by both. I am a rule-breaker.
Everything about me is wrong,
By what some people say.
Denying myself for years,
I struggled to be normal, I struggled to fit.
Because I can't fall in love,
Not with another boy;
That's what some people say.
Everything felt wrong. Everything I saw.
Some people just can't accept themselves for who they really are.
When I say I'm gay or when I say I'm bi
they look at me like it's all just a lie.
If someone said they were straight, who would care?
It isn't the same for us.The acceptance. The love.
Why can't you share what you have?
Because it isn't normal,
That's what some people say.
I could never bear to accept that I was different.
And if I can't, why should others?
It's right to doubt; I should never let myself
love another boy;
That's what some people say.
Living a lie, denying the truth.
It's the path I walked at first.
I did often wish that I was "normal."
But most of all, I wished to be free.
Free of a society
where I am afraid to say
who I really love.
But this isn't real. I'm just confused.
That's what some people say.
Too young to decide. Too young to understand, they say.
And that's the true lie.
Changing my path I found myself.
Who cares what others think,
If I think so little of myself?
Hold your head high, revel in the rainbow,
Embrace your nature.
It's hard, so hard to let go.
To let go of the fear of judgement.
The fear of people turning their backs on you.
People who said they were friends.
People who said they were family.
It's the worst feeling in the world
When someone can't accept you for who you are.
I can't help who I am. But I can't beat myself over expectations.
Love is not chosen. Love is what it is.
And if they will not accept it as normal,
They're the ones who are wrong.
I am human, just like you. That's all the normal I need.
Let's build a world where we are free to love.
A world where
A boy can love a boy
and a girl can love a girl,
And we can love ourselves
for who we know we are.
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