Homophobia

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For who i am, should i be afraid?
Society's claws digging my grave,
No, mother, it's not just a phase,
My love will never be erased,

For who i am is wrong,
The time i come out, i shall prolong,
In this difficult time, i will be strong,
But never strong enough as your hatred for me gets insanely long.

As your homophobia grows,
It feels that all time slows,
How long until this torment will end?
How much longer do i have to pretend?

I have to pretend to be your dainty little girl,
Because apparently who i am isn't real,
If you hate me, how do you think i feel?

You wonder why i lock myself in my room,
You act like interacting with you isn't my doom,
How long are you going to assume?
I can't wait to visit your tomb.

It really doesn't matter who i am,
You treat me like the dirt on your shoe, ma'am,
But you see, i don't quite give a damn,
You should have really seen this coming, man.

What happened in your head?
Do you ever wonder what will happen when your dead?
What if you got stabbed and bled?
I wouldn't cry, i would laugh instead.

This is what happens when you break a child,
They go feral; go wild,
All my loathing for you, you compiled
Do you remember when you almost died? Yeah, i smiled.

Let me be the way i want,
Shut up and eat your croissant,
The slurs you yell, nonchalant,

Your sexism burning into my bones,
Breaking me with more than sticks and stones,
What am i to you? Just one of your clones?
Your wicked ways, throwing me out of my comfort zones.

My pronouns aren't she and her,
Although, they once were,

They and them, that's what they are,
I'm not your female child, i know, bizarre.
Too high, you set the bar,

So let me get this straight,
Never again, do i want to see your face.

Goodbye mother, goodbye,
Never again, will i have to look you in the eye,
Why don't you just go away and jump off somewhere high,
Goodbye mother, goodbye...

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