If it is a sin to love you
then I am willing to be damned to hell
I have never been explicitly told that it is wrong
but people let things slip through their lips that they don't realize influences the stigma
"ew, thats gay, dude"
I can bet he doesn't realize how painful that is
to hear part of who I am turn into a barbed insult
people like him are why I have to hide
why holding my boyfriend's hand has caused me to panic
people who think such a big part of who I am is something they can use to make fun of their friends
but I will no longer be ashamed
I will no longer condemn myself to silence
I will scream and cry and throw a fit
If I do not have pride in who I am
then I cannot have pride at all
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Grape Soda
PoesíaWARNING: this book contains explicit topics such as abuse, rape, homophobia, transphobia, etc. if any of these things bother you DO NOT READ. i use these poems to cope with trauma.
