Homophobia
The word that stayed in his mind.
the world was hateful and he felt himself being judged - "nobody knows."
He told himself that everyday and he was becoming anxious, constantly nervous. He hid it from everyone. "nobody knows."
His best friends, his closest family. - all oblivious to the deep secret he held within his mind.
He was scared to tell anybody as the world wasn't used to new things, it couldn't handle the truth.
the secret was constricting him, suffocating him. The initial freedom he felt was fading and he felt lost.
What if they found out? - Would they hate him? - Would they leave his side?
All of age eighteen these thoughts strangled him until he couldn't anymore.
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"I'm gay" - that was all he said. His closest friend knew.
-"Someone knows."
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His closest friend
no more.
tears welled in his eyes as his lifelong friend walked away with a look of hatred on his face that will forever be branded into his mind.
that was the last time he talked to his closest friend.
