Sometimes I feel like I'm separated from everyone else by a screen,
But I think I'm just really afraid to be seen.
Is it weird I've grown numb to being my parents' little cyborg machine
Constructed by imaginary standards, and the crushing weight of hopes and dreams-
I don't know what to be.
I KNOW that I should like boys.
But I like HER.
I like how she makes me feel when her eyes shine when she talks,
or how she hides behind her hair when she walks.
She makes my own skin feel almost uncomfortable to be in when she smiles up at me.
I LOVE her.
My parent's causal homophobia chips away at my bones, unaware that what they are saying about 'them'; they are saying about me.
I'm starting to think that I'll never be free, even my sexuality is against what I believe.
The day she told me she had feelings for me was the best day of my life.
But reality always cuts through like a knife.
They found out about us. They're making me leave.
I'm only a kid, but I'm not naive.
That's right. I'm still just a kid. That's why this is happening.
Just because I'm gay, they don't believe I'm okay, but I know; I'm escaping their grasp one day.
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Out of Their Grasp
PoetryA poem dedicated to my best friend that struggles with internalized homophobia and parents that don't understand any of what she goes through. They recently pulled her out of school when they found out she had a girlfriend, cut her off from all typ...
