Escape

Sun, 07/01/2018 - 16:31 -- Ady

Growing up I realized I lived a life denied

In a lie

I started young in denying my truths

So the inside of my head ran ragged with words

unsaid

And I stopped speaking so the words wouldn’t fall out

My whole existence became a guide to nonexistence

I tried to slip away

But when the sound inside my head became too loud

I had to write them down

Poetry was the only option

Any other and someone might read

Figure out what it is I was trying to say

Better to muddle my meaning in pretty words than to let them know

But then one day I came out

Of my shell and found the courage to say

“Mom...I’m gay”

 

This poem is about: 
Me

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