The hurting- free verse

November 13, 2020

I can't find love; love is hard to find for someone like me

I can't have it regardless because it'll be a secret from everyone

Everyone gets to have fun at 18 but not me, I have to wait

I can't live my true self for a while

5 It does hurt but nobody knows

I don’t say anything because I want to treasure the moment I have

Right up till I say something, and I know their answer

I know it sounds crazy but I do it so I can have peace with the answer

So, what do I do? I put on a performance of a happy and different person

10 I haven't told any family members and I'm scared to

Maybe when I'm older I will say something

Maybe I won't and it'll never be known to anyone

I hide myself from everyone because I'm scared of rejection

I don’t want to lose family that I love but not love me

15 I'm always hiding secrets and myself, but I can't do that anymore

It gets hard after a while holding on to so much

Theres always weight on my shoulders

I always question if someone can find out if I do a certain thing

I'm always in fear of if someone finds out ill have no family

20 So I hide my true self

My friends tell me I might be overreacting

But I don’t see it as that

They tell me its 2020 and everyone is accepting

But I don’t think anyone will be accepting

25 Maybe I am overreacting, maybe I can say something and there still there

So, I can't be my true self until I say something

So, I wait, I wait until I graduate

I wait until I have my own place to stay just incase

Will they be accepting, who knows.

30 Will I still love them no matter the answer? Yes

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