Wishes May Come True...

Representation

There are two forms of media,
Where LGBTQ people get representation.
Poetry, and musical theatre.

I once showed a friend of mine
The world of slam poetry,
To which she responded
"Why are they all gay?"

And I said to her that it was because
I didn't want her to see the third way that people like me are represented.

I was seven the first time I had heard the word "gay"
My mother had sat me down to tell me
To always be kind to people who were different,
Because I could be the last kind person they meet.

She told me about a man named Matthew Shepard,
And when I was twelve I told her that I was not straight.

I swear sometimes she still gets worried
That the last hand I will ever hold
Won't be a hand at all
But a cold chain link fence covered in my own blood.

No mother should have to worry
That their child's identity could be the knife to thier throat, so I will show everyone poetry, and Steven Sondheim lyrics

Because I don't want to watch everyone be afraid.

So when my friends ask
"Why are they all gay?"
I will respond,
Because this is the only place where they can do so safely.