Language Barriers
there was once a time
when i first discovered kpop
and i felt strangely annoyed
that i couldn't understand a thing they were saying
the idols wore makeup
heavily applied
with jewelry
and crazily styled hair
with clothes that cost out of this world
and i thought
'how gay can you get'
i realized
that this was being prejudiced
that kpop was just music
the same music i listen to everyday
just a different genre
just a different language
and i've come to welcome
the warmth of the songs
and the joy it brought me
when i excitedly wait for a new comeback
when i happily watch live shows
and i think
there's nothing a little english subtitles can't do
but people aren't always as open
people aren’t going to always accept it
and they might not give new things a chance
like the rest of us might
they will mock us
the ones who do like it
and they will not spare us
a second of their life
rethinking how it may have hurt
to call another person’s music
‘gay’
there was once a time
when i first discovered kpop
and i thought
‘how gay can you get'