I wrote about you once
But I made you a he
I changed your pronouns to match the others
I covered your identity
And didn't explain our love
Because I never said that our love was hell
That we fought every day
That even though we made each other smile
We made each other cry
I never mentioned the day that you went home and cried
All because the people at your school didn't approve
Your dad was the preacher
And he refused me
He said we were confused
But I wasn't
Your lips made me feel alive
In ways that nobody else could
Sometimes I wish I was born a man
So that we could be together
So that your family wouldn't rip us apart
It's a present day,
Moderately gay version,
Of Romeo and Juliet
Only this time
One Juliet lives
And one Juliet dies
