Collection of Elegies

To Be Different

Hidden behind layers of clothes
Were scars filled with ache
My face painted black and blue
Sadly they care none for my sake

Just because I was different
Did I deserve this kind of fate?
To be cursed for being who I am
To be degraded with words of hate

They made me feel unwanted
My self confidence bare
My so called friends left me
Even my parents didn't care

I was left bruised and broken
It became unbearable each day
To be treated like an abomination
Just because I was gay

After all the pain and hate
Maybe it's better to give up
Than to live in this kind of hell
Maybe I'll see the Man up top

And I wished there was a place
Somewhere that I could be free
To fall in love with whom I like
No matter what gender it may be