Long poems from a short girl

Bisexual

It means more when you say it out loud

She wasn't pretty she was beautiful

Her laugh was like melodious joy

But she was a girl I'm not supposed to like girls

She would talk to me in 6th period and tell me I'm funny

My heart started to beat faster my stomach would turn into a butterfly garden

I was confused I thought she was only supposed to be my friend

She was a girl I'm not supposed to like girls

My dad says liking someone of the same gender is a sin

The day gay marriage got legalized my parents prayed feverently exclaiming that it was the end times

That was before I met her I thought what does it matter if someone can live their lives with someone they love

But she was a girl I'm not supposed to like girls

I knew I liked her I "wasn't supposed to'' but I did

I struggled till I said to myself the words that mean more when you say it out loud

I'm bisexual

What good did it do for me

It took 2 years to get over internalized homophobia

I was a girl that liked girls and boys

My dad's echoing words ringing his contempt no longer matched my own

I'm a girl and I'm not supposed to have a label on who I love