Let's get things STRAIGHT
First of all, let's get things straight
I'm a homosexual male
Don't call me a 'gay'
it wasn't my choice,
it was the way I was made
boy or girl?
Either way I can be swayed
and you know what?
some days are okay
but most times
I wish I wasn't me.
Helpless,
like a fly in autumn wind
people make it hard for me
it's like I'll never win
I thought it'd be like that forever
I thought I was living in sin
And my life was uneventfully so
until the day I met him
A school dance, I wouldn't usually go
but my parents were making a fuss
you see, my mum's disappointed, my dad's outraged
they insist I should "adjust"
they insist I go meet some nice girl
even though my peers hate my guts
but that night turned out better than planned
though my parents have new reasons to distrust
He was from out of town visiting family
his cousins made him come
beautiful blue eyes, thick eye lashes
he left me simply stunned
he stood alone on the wall, abandoned my family
unnoticed in the background
but with looks like that how could I ignore
I think perfect beauty was found
I crept on over, trying not to look too direct
and I asked him of his name
"Adam," he said lightly, his smile not tame
we spoke for a while of ourselves and our lives
and found out we were very much the same
the fact that I'd found such an attractive boy
was very far from lame
and that this attractive boy was attracted to me
well, only fate's to blame
We talked and we danced and I was caught in it all
this boy was just too fun
and five minutes after the dance had started
my party had really begun
turns out he's into music the kind I like
and he was also bullied a ton
but he didn't care, as long as he was happy
he said that the bullies had never won
so lost in the moment, I stole a kiss
Well, okay, maybe more than one.
The next thing I knew, the lights were up
a brief ten minute break
some people were staring at up in shock
but I felt we'd made no mistake
we walked to the side trying to loose some attention
but we only found more in the wake
a large group of people, some violent by nature
blocked our way and asked for a retake
Adam stood strong, but I didn't know what to do
the whole school'd seen it for sure
they continued to jeer and started to shove
they got us all thrown right out the door
but outside the dance, they wouldn't retreat
Adam was tough and they wanted more
a first fight broke out; ten against two
and for their next action there was no cure
A taller guy, a football jock,
from hi pocket he brandished a knife
Adam was stabbed in the stomach and fell to the ground
letting out a gasp of strife
the crowd ran off in terror of ones actions
such luck typical of my life
I stumbled over to him and screamed for help
why can't anything ever go right
By the time the paramedics got there
Adam was already dead
his last words (I love you) intertwined with sirens
they still play over in my head
and if there's a certain number of tears
than anyone person can shed
I shed them all in the one night
before ever going to bed
The next day I awoke and my parents had heard
they hated me, I know they did
told me I was half the reason that Adam had died
they told me I was grounded
I was lost in my grief, what had I done
was I the reason he was gone?
I knew that for sure, it must be true
I guess my life was done.
How do you repay a life, I'd ask
what is there that I could do
and I found a solution, that seemed to fit
avenge and be with you
so fitting, you died of a stab wound and so should I
Hmmm... A gaping hole in the throat will do
a sharp, clean kitchen knife and the pain comes
and not a second too soon
Now it's up for your interpretation what happens next
but I say we live happily ever after
and all those bullies threats and jeering tones
that will all just be past hurt
I'd suffered enough for being who I was
and in the end took my own life
This is an ode against homophobia
This is a poem to save lives
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That sucked. A LOT.