A Message to the World

Among

Kids

Youth

Teenagers

Anything you would call them

Living on the streets

For many reasons

And among those reasons

Among orphans

Among runaways

Among abuse victims

Among neglection

Is acceptance

Acceptance of sexuality

Of gender

Of their views in life

Youth are kicked out of their homes

To fend for their lives

Because people will not let go of the past

Because people do not want to be with the present

Kids die on the streets

After starving

After being ignored

After getting left for dead

After being rejected

By the people that should love them relentlessly

People don't understand how much courage is needed

How much it takes to come out

How much it takes to live freely

As who they are

People who say kids need a mom and a dad

Could be the same people

Who kicked their kids out of the house

Leaving them with no mom and dad

How does this reflect on you

You the people who go to pride

Just to yell about how we're all going to hell

You the people who go searching for gay posts

Just to dislike them and leave negative comments

You the people who claim they will love everyone

Yet hate an entire group of people

For being themselves

Teenagers are fragile

As we are still figuring ourselves out

And we need guidance

And acceptance

And love

Yet as some families are understanding

Loving

And accepting

Others are not

This may lead to homeless children

This may lead to fear

This may lead to internalized homophobia

This may lead to misery

Kids might force a part of their lives away

A part they have no control over

So that their parent continue to love them

They might force themselves

Into relationships

Into clothes

That they don't want

They might force themselves

And live an unhappy life

Or

They might force themselves

And kill themselves early

To escape from all the hatred

They made towards themselves

As a result of how they lived

People are dying every day

Every hour

Every minute

Every second

And among those people

Are kids

That are dying

Believing that can't be loved

That they are wrong

That they are broken

Among the kids

That are dying

There some that kill themselves

To release themselves from a abuser

From human trafficking

From the evils of the world

And among them

Are kids

Who kill themselves because of things they can't control

Like who they love

And who they are

Things that cannot be controlled