I am me

Sat, 12/30/2017 - 20:03 -- Brayan

I go around whispers in my back 

like if I didn’t have a face

they could come and say

the words that torment their brain,

I guess I’m not perfect

and I make mistakes

but if you have anything to say

say it to my face

I don’t care if it may hurt

probably I already have heard it

maybe I was afraid

of what people would say

what my family may think

but when I finally said what I had to say

the people that stayed

are the people that cared

call me what you want

Ill respect your opinion

but don't call me an abomination

if I was created from the same god 

you claim to pray to

I may not be accepted

but I don’t need acceptance

I may not be respected

and maybe always be neglected

but I am me

and that's more then you’ll ever be

call me what you want

I know who I am

don't generalize the stereotype

or you will end up being what you critize

at least be loyal to your opinion

and once you point your finger

make sure you got reason

Say it already

go ahead

call me what you claim

I am to your friends a queer

a fag I accept

who I am

I’m Gay

but does that change that I’m a human being

When i told my mom and dad who i was

their faces where changed,

i had to lie

say that i was bisexual

so that my dad would keep his offensive words

just a bit more to himself

and it pains me to say

that I gave him hope

where there isn’t space for change

and it hurt

that who I thought where my friends

Later on, left 

because of who I am

they go away and criticize my name

but when they need help I’m always here for them

so maybe I go against the laws of nature

I go for what I want and love

and not for what people want me to be

because I am me

and that's more then you will ever be

Call me a sinner

but my sin isn’t better or worse than yours

so, before you point your finger

make sure you tell your god

that you’re going to judge his creation

because you shall be judge by the creator

So, if you have anything to say

say it to my face

or don’t waste your saliva with judgement

Because for judgment

there’s enough in the world

and I don't need your skeptical words

that will put a label in my forehead

and stack me in boxes

like if I where an object

just not blue, purple or green

I am more than just one thing

I am a homosapien

a human being

I have blood, tissue and a brain

just like you

But still we are not the same

because I don’t use my brain to judge

I use it to think

if it’s worth being cool

or being me

so maybe yes

were different

but isn’t that the beauty of it

because if we were all the same

you wouldn’t have anything to judge

so, your brain would do less

than a pebble in a stream

I may be a queer

and a fag

but I believe in a god

A god that accepts me for who I am

and I am gay

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
My country
Our world

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