A Lonely Road *OpenMic Piece*

It’s stirrings… feelings and immediately you know

That something makes you different, and you pray it can’t show

& Being different means you have something to hide

Hence the beginning a life of lies.

Maybe you could sense it
For us it was the same, the day we stepped back

& realized just how we were different that day

Truthfully, I can tell you there is no lonelier time

Than when you realize you may be out-casted and crucified in this life

Punished and Questioned by the ones you love and adore

Minimized to a sinner, or a dyke, or a whore

& This is the road we get to look forward to!

These are the things young gay teens fear

Being labeled & categorized as a fag, alternative... queer.

So, some of us shy away, shamed by family & friends

Some of us die on the inside & just wish it all would end

So, who's gonna protect these young innocent souls?

Who will be brave enough to step up and take that role?

Who’s gonna say to us, “You don’t have to be afraid.”

Who’s gonna hold us in our youth & wipe our tears away?

When I was young, I felt alone and of course misunderstood
The only thing I had was faith & I could not find You

I cried alone, yet God was there and I felt His truth
So will you now turn your back on the next generation too?

Are you willing to look them in the eyes today 

Tell them to just… pray the gay away

Leave them lost and alone, broken, in an empty room

Drowning in tears cause well, they don’t understand it too!

Or tell them they are beautifully complex
& no different from You!

It's time to open your heart and mind

To the differences in others we can't explain

So we can protect all of our youth

& give young gay kids a safe place

So, will you listen to my story, because I am living proof?

This is a fight for human rights & you should be angry too!

Cause I’m not sure if you heard about it or if you even knew

The foundation of our country says

We are all are born equal
Life, love and happiness are for us ALL to pursue*

July 4, 1776 - The Declaration of Independence

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed.."