Blue dress, red bow,
As you wear, it'll glow.
A smart and perfect person, I show
But inside hides a different from what they know
A truth I hide from brown eyes,
I'm afraid I might live within these lies.
Their gaze demands what I can't give.
Every denial comes with sobbing.
I look at myself in the mirror
A person I must hide within
It's a secret that feels like a sin
In school and home, my ways do sway
I'm free to act any way.
But as I step home, it fades into grey
For they'll know that I'm not straight
I tell them that I'm accepted by my family,
But I tremble to reveal what's real,
Cause I wanted them to know that they're the best
That I'm comfortable for my feelings to share.
But it is completely different, a secret kept, I fear to dare.
If they knew, would their hearts remain,
Or would it remove the love, even the tightest stain?
Would they replace the tiles I walked
Or would they force me to make it fade?
A heavy weight, too scared to show,
As I walk on paths both high and low.
I just wait 'til I grow,
Where those judging eyes drop like glass.
Can't wait to see myself and how it will turn out.
Just like them if I wear it, will it also glow?
Blue dress, red bow.
