Trauma Bonding

Queer

How many times

How many times

Do I have to hear people

Define my own queerness to me?

How many times do I have to hear

"It shouldn't be your whole personality"

"Not everyone needs to know"

"Why do you have to be so...out there about it?"

I am so fuckin tired

Of people

Who understand nothing about my journey

Tell me how I should feel about it

I'm queer

It's a part of me

A huge part

And it is part of my personality

My life has changed in ways it never would have if id been straight

I lost friends because of my identity

I made friends because of it too

I've been looked down upon by family

Iv struggled through life in ways that only someone queer can understand

And I've felt the joy of sharing my queerness with others

Felt the pride that surrounds us

I am the person I am today because of my queerness

And I am tired of feeling ashamed about that

All because some ignorant people don't approve