Here My Cries

Can you hear my cries? 

I am trying so hard to come 

out of this shell of mine, 

but I can't because I am afraid 

of what you and the world may think of n 

I am trapped inside of this shell 

by bigotry hypocrisy and ignorance. 

For it is they who taunt me and 

ridicule me with their mean antics 

of who I am and who they think I 

should be. 

When I can break loose, face, and 

confront bigotry, hypocrisy and 

ignorance, on which most of the world 

seem to side and be friends with, then 

and only then will I be able to come out 

of my shell.