Maybe one day

You hide from the guys

Who call you names because you're different

You hide from who you are

Because your parents are disgusted with you;

You hide from the church

Because if they knew what you did you wouldn't be welcomed back there;

You hide from your emotions

Because men don’t cry

You hide from Love

Because how could anyone love you;

You hide from yourself

Because that person in the mirror looking back at you isn’t you;

At age 10 it was different

We had no worries

We were all so innocent

Now we sit here in a room being fed information

No not being fed but being forced to choke down whatever society tells us!

They tell you to listen

But you have a voice

They tell you to stay

But all you want to do is go

They tell you to go back in the closet

But all you want to do is be you

They tell you not get drunk

But it is the only thing that makes you better

They tell you not to smoke

But it makes you feel normal

They tell you not to get high

But it is the only time you smile

Maybe one day my parents will stop calling me a fuck up

Maybe one day my brothers will understand

Maybe one day I won't have to get shit faced to feel normal

Maybe one day I won't need drugs to make me smile

Maybe one day my father won’t come home drunk

Maybe one day my parents will get back together

Maybe one day I won't have to hide

Maybe one day I will stop being called a Faggot or Fruity

Maybe one day society will have no hold on me

Maybe one day I’ll look in the mirror and love the person looking back

Maybe one day it will get better

Maybe one day it will all just stop

But until that day comes

I'll stand

On my own

Against all odds

Because I am worth it.