Roses are Red
Violet are Blue
My life is a Mess
And My whole world
Gloom.
I live in a society, like everyone else, which is totally where I belong. Belong?that's a mistake; where I've been forced to fit in. A society which exists in this new generation but clearly should have been in the stone age. A home that shoves norms and values in your throat instead of teaching;claiming to be tolerant but literally throws away any opinion that goes contrary to their beliefs. A home that shuts you up especially if you're just a "kid" with the excuse of "showing disrespect ".A home that does not realise that the days when children could not speak out were over,and that we have every right to do so. A home that frowns upon everything; including what makes up a person- sexuality .
I'm Al, I'm Jewish and I'm gay. Pretty crazy, right! What's more insane is that I'm Black, not that it matters but. . just so you know. I've been in the closet for quite some time; three years from the day I realised.
With my parents divorced, my mom financially unstable and me trying to find and accept myself, life 's been a roller coaster.
It's final year in high school and I have not figured myself out. I realise how much my silence has affected me emotionally and socially.
"There's a lot to do " I say to myself, "a lot to change. "
It all begins somewhere and that's what - "overshadowed" my morals according to society- helped me discover who I was.
Here's how it all begun. How I [Al] begun.
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AL- Break Free.
General FictionIn our world today, relating to the lgbtq is no big deal but to my family it calls prayers, counselling and a lot of crap. I'm Al and I'm gay......but no one knows. I live in a society where being yourself is seen as repulsive. I decided to break fr...
