I'm not broken
I'm not broken
All this pain and words unspoken
Forced into silence
Left without guidance
So utterly alone
A complex grown
For thinking I need fixing
Feelings so conflicting
So much love, yet so empty
Different, put simply
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
You haven't found the right one yet
They say, no need to fret
One day you'll find someone
It just hasn't yet begun
Misunderstood, mistaken
Mistreated and forsaken
To whom could I turn?
I began to learn
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
There's no need
No law decreed
Saying I must set myself
Up upon a low shelf
Where admirers pass by
There's no need for me to cry
Late at night
Wanting to take flight
To a world where I need not fear
A place far kinder than here
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
It's easy to forget
It's simple to omit
Those who love so fully
Those who feel so wholly
But know romance is fleeting
And are tired of retreating
Into broken shells
And silent bells
Love comes to those who wait
But what if love is not my fate?
That doesn't make me empty
Just different, put simply
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
It's not a flaw inside my brain
That brings me so much pain
It's those who think I'm broken
I'm not broken
You haven't found the right one yet
They say, no need to fret
One day you'll find someone
It just hasn't yet begun
Underdeveloped, they say
You'll get there one day
Malfunctioning, they think
Chromosomes with a missing link
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
My love is strong
They're all wrong
They call me empty
They're ignorant, put simply
Just ignorant, close-minded
But let them be reminded
I'm not broken
You're not broken
I don't need fixing
Those feelings conflicting
They keep me alive
And so I strive
Onward toward tomorrow
Some courage I will borrow
To get me through another day
I've found another way
To love
Not a force from far above
Or a magic from around
Just let me keep my feet firmly rooted to the ground
I have no need for dating
Is that the reason I'm worth hating?
I'm not broken
We're not broken
They call us aromantics
But that's simply semantics
The point is easy to explain
And easier to ascertain
We exist, please hear us
There is no need for you to fear us
We are people just like you
We are different, this is true
Without differences we are empty
Broken, put simply
Remember one thing, one thing for me
I hope I've made you see
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
