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The man who taught me everything


The man who showed me hope I just wanted to let you know you showed me hope when people don't. You showed me I wasn't alone. You told me to be me, man you don't know how freeing that feeling can be. Even when I was questioning my own beliefs. you thought me how to breathe when I was desperately suficating from depressive thoughts of who I should and shouldn't be. You help me create me. Told me it's okay to be who I want to be, no matter my sexuality. That my homophobic parents couldn't take who I love away from me. You showed me that you would always answer the phone if I was feeling to alone, with suicide in my tone. You taught me that being alive is something worth the fight That I'd get over all the obstacles in sight. I could do anything with you by my side. Ha, you only had one eye, you lost it from a guy when you where still knee high. You still seemed to always see the best in me, and always encouraging me to be Every thing i could dream. You're the reason I'll get my PhD! Thanks to you i know who I want to be. Mina Shalaby you set me free, hopefully one day we'll be side by side with doctor degrees. You'll always be my true family.
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